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one's days are numbered

one's days are numbered phrase: some period of time, such as a term of employment or a lifetime, is coming to an end.

Phrase

one's days are numbered

  1. (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.
    • 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.1959 October, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 705, 724

one's days are numbered meaning in Telugu and Tagalog

one's days are numbered in Telugu

some period of time is coming to an end
రోజులు దగ్గర పడ్డాయి rōjulu daggara paḍḍāyi

one's days are numbered in Tagalog

some period of time is coming to an end
bilang na ang mga araw

Questions about one's days are numbered

What does one's days are numbered mean?
One's days are numbered means some period of time, such as a term of employment or a lifetime, is coming to an end.
What is one's days are numbered in Telugu?
One's days are numbered in Telugu is రోజులు దగ్గర పడ్డాయి (rōjulu daggara paḍḍāyi). See One's days are numbered meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is one's days are numbered?
One's days are numbered is a phrase.

Words near one's days are numbered in the dictionary

  1. one's born days
  2. one's cake is dough
  3. one's cotton socks off
  4. one's damned if one does and one's damned if one doesn't
  5. one's damned if one does, and one's damned if one doesn't
  6. one's days are numbered
  7. one's door is open
  8. one's egg breaks
  9. one's egg cracks
  10. one's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top
  11. one's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor

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