[Idiom] time in a bottle:

[YJ LEE]

what does "time in a bottle" mean?

 

[kfredson]

what does "time in a bottle" mean?

I have no idea. Where did you come across this? It might help to see the context.

 

[nomibird]

It means to keep things exactly as they are, as in the Jim Croce song "Time in a bottle."
The lyrics begin "If I could save time in a bottle / The first thing that I'd like to do / Is to save every day / Till Eternity passes away / Just to spend them with you