English
Pronunciation
Phrase
one's days are numbered
- (idiomatic) Some period of time, such as a term of employment or a lifetime, is coming to an end.
If his performance does not improve very soon, his days at this company are numbered.
1959 October, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 705, 724:The days of steam on the railways of Kent are now indeed numbered, and when stage two of the electrification is completed through Tonbridge to Ashford, Folkestone and Dover a long and honourable chapter in transport will be virtually closed.
Translations
some period of time is coming to an end
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 來日無多 / 来日无多 (lái rì wú duō) (future days not many)
- Finnish: päivät ovat luetut
- French: ses jours sont comptés (fr)
- German: seine Tage sind gezählt (his/its days are numbered), ihre Tage sind gezählt (her/their days are numbered)
- Hebrew: ימיו ספורים (yamáv s'furím) (his days are numbered)
- Hungarian: meg vannak számlálva a napjai
- Icelandic: dagar hans eru taldir (his days are numbered), dagar hennar eru taldir (her days are numbered), dagar þess eru taldir (its days are numbered), dagar þeirra eru taldir (their days are numbered)
- Italian: avere il tempo contato
- Japanese: 余命いくばくもない (yomei ikubaku mo nai)
- Polish: czyjeś dni są policzone
- Portuguese: (estar) com os dias contados
- Russian: его́ дни сочтены́ (jevó dni sočtený) (his/its days are numbered), её дни сочтены́ (jejó dni sočtený) (her days are numbered), их дни сочтены́ (ix dni sočtený) (their days are numbered)
- Spanish: tener los días contados, quedarle dos telediarios (Spain, colloquial)
- Tagalog: bilang na ang mga araw
- Telugu: రోజులు దగ్గర పడ్డాయి (rōjulu daggara paḍḍāyi)
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