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days are numbered

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someone's/something's days are numbered
if someone's or something's days are numbered, they will not exist for much longer. As our local cinema struggles to survive, it seems clear that its days are numbered.
See also: days, number


someone's/something's days are numbered
someone or something will not exist for much longer. I know my car's days are numbered, but I hope it will last just a little while longer. My days are numbered, but I hope I can live long enough to see my grandchild.
See also: days, number


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My life is shaken to its roots; sleep has left me; the deadliest terror sits by me at all hours of the day and night; and I feel that my days are numbered, and that I must die; and yet I shall die incredulous.
My brethren, I thank you, but my days are numbered, nay, even my hours, and I have but little longer to live.
 
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