• КАК ОДНА МИНУТА пролететь, пройти
[как + NP; Invar; adv; usu. used with pfv verbs; fixed WO]
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⇒ (of a period of time usu. defined by some event, occasion etc) (to pass) very quickly, unnoticeably:
- (be over) before one knows it;
- (fly) right by.
♦ Мы так ждали лета, а оно пролетело как одна минута. We couldn't wait for summer, and then it was over before we knew it.
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.