Meaning: Only after I turned around did I realize that I had been there for nearly a hundred years, and only when I reached the end did I realize that I was wrong and there was no room to look back.

It is a metaphor that time flies by and slips away without cherishing it. It also warns people to seize the opportunity to do things they are sure of and not to regret it when they are old.

Sentences similar to "It's too late to reach the end of the world":

1. The lights are on at three o'clock and the chickens are on at five o'clock. It is when men are studying. Black hair does not know how to study hard and early, and white hair Fang regrets that he was late in studying. - Yan Zhenqing?

2. An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.

3. It is easy for a young man to learn but hard to become an old man, and an inch of time cannot be taken lightly. - Zhu Xi?

4. My life has a limit, but my knowledge has no limit. - Zhuangzi?

5. If a young man does not work hard, an old man will be sad. - "Long Song Xing" 》?

6. There are three kinds of paces of time: the future arrives belatedly, the present flies like an arrow, and the past stands still forever. - Schiller?