"one's days are numbered" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-one's days are numbered.ogg [Australia]
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  1. (idiomatic) Some period of time, such as a term of employment or a lifetime, is coming to an end. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: not long for this world Translations (some period of time is coming to an end): 來日無多 (Chinese Mandarin), 来日无多 (lái rì wú duō) (note: future days not many) (Chinese Mandarin), päivät ovat luetut (Finnish), ses jours sont comptés (French), seine Tage sind gezählt (english: his/its days are numbered) (German), ihre Tage sind gezählt (english: her/their days are numbered) (German), meg vannak számlálva a napjai (Hungarian), dagar hans eru taldir (english: his days are numbered) (Icelandic), dagar hennar eru taldir (english: her days are numbered) (Icelandic), dagar þess eru taldir (english: its days are numbered) (Icelandic), dagar þeirra eru taldir (english: their days are numbered) (Icelandic), avere il tempo contato (Italian), 余命いくばくもない (yomei ikubaku mo nai) (Japanese), czyjeś dni są policzone (Polish), его́ дни сочтены́ (jevó dni sočtený) (english: his/its days are numbered) (Russian), её дни сочтены́ (jejó dni sočtený) (english: her days are numbered) (Russian), их дни сочтены́ (ix dni sočtený) (english: their days are numbered) (Russian), tener los días contados (Spanish), quedarle dos telediarios [Spain, colloquial] (Spanish), bilang na ang araw (Tagalog), రోజులు దగ్గర పడ్డాయి (rōjulu daggara paḍḍāyi) (Telugu)

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