one's days are numbered en · X
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(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 14, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 705, 724:
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Translations (22)
es tener los días contados (some period of time is coming to an end) · fi päivät ovat luetut (some period of time is coming to an end) · it avere il tempo contato (some period of time is coming to an end) · ru его́ дни сочтены́ (some period of time is coming to an end) · hu meg vannak számlálva a napjai (some period of time is coming to an end) · de ihre Tage sind gezählt (some period of time is coming to an end) · is dagar hans eru taldir (some period of time is coming to an end) · pt (estar) com os dias contados (some period of time is coming to an end) · tl bilang na ang mga araw (some period of time is coming to an end) · fr ses jours sont comptés (some period of time is coming to an end) · is dagar þess eru taldir (some period of time is coming to an end) · is dagar þeirra eru taldir (some period of time is coming to an end) · ru их дни сочтены́ (some period of time is coming to an end) · ja 余命いくばくもない (some period of time is coming to an end) · te రోజులు దగ్గర పడ్డాయి (some period of time is coming to an end) · de seine Tage sind gezählt (some period of time is coming to an end) · ru её дни сочтены́ (some period of time is coming to an end) · is dagar hennar eru taldir (some period of time is coming to an end) · cmn 來日無多 /来日无多 (some period of time is coming to an end) · he ימיו ספורים (some period of time is coming to an end) · pl czyjeś dni są policzone (some period of time is coming to an end) · es quedarle dos telediarios (some period of time is coming to an end)