as the years go on是固定用法吗?as years go by呢?中间是否得加定冠词the?

as the years go on随着岁月的流逝
如：As the years go on,we grow both wiser and sadder.随着岁月的流逝,我们变聪明了,也变得多愁善感了.
as the years go by日久天长；年深日久
如：I've been getting fasterattheyearsgoby.随着岁月的流逝,我越来越快.as the years go on可省略the吗可省略as the years go on随岁月的流逝。years复数名词等于下列短语：as (the) years go byas (the) years passed如：The beauty pageantry develops as years go on.随着时间的推移，选美大赛也在不停地发展。谢谢啊~~也就是说as （the）years passed/go on/by这三个短语中的定冠词都是可省略？是吧？嗯嗯，可以省略的。