time stands still

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Used to emphasize a moment in time that is either catastrophic or even enjoyable in which one's sense of time is frozen or suspended.
  2. Used to state that something, especially a place, has an archaic, anachronistic or historic feeling.

Word forms

time stands still
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