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- The idiom "someone's days are numbered" means someone or something will not exist or function a short time from now.
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Job 14:5-7. New Life Version. 5 A man’s days are numbered. You know the number of his months. He cannot live longer than the time You have set. 6 So now look away from him that he may rest, until he has lived the time set for him like a man paid to work.
- Psalm 139:16 ESV / 179 helpful votes. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
- Job 14:5 ESV / 140 helpful votes. Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
- Psalm 90:12 ESV / 117 helpful votes. So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
- Job 14:1-6 ESV / 109 helpful votes. “Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.
What's the meaning of the phrase 'Your days are numbered'? You are likely to die soon. What's the origin of the phrase 'Your days are numbered'? If ever a phrase sounded biblical in origin it is this one and, surely, if not the Bible then Shakespeare. In fact, it is neither.
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Idiom: someone’s / something’s days are numbered 1. someone or something will not exist or function a short time from now
— I’ve had these boots for three years and I love them but unfortunately their days are numbered. — I think our housekeeper's days are numbered—she's always late and the quality of her cleaning is not very good anymore. — I need to get a new refrigerator soon. Mine is making weird noises so I think its days are numbered. — I thought my car's days w...
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The usefulness or life of someone or something is nearly ended. For example, When they announced the layoffs, she knew her days at the company were numbered, or My car's days are numbered-the transmission is shot.
If someone or something's days are numbered, they will not exist for much longer: someone's/something's days as something are numbered The latest opinion polls suggest that his days as leader are numbered. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unsafe and insecure. appealingly. at stake idiom. be on the line idiom. day. endangered. insecurely
The meaning of DAYS ARE NUMBERED is —used to say that someone or something will die, fail, or end soon. How to use days are numbered in a sentence.
