be not long for this world



be not long for this world

To be approaching death. Mabel is not long for this world—her health is rapidly declining. Those flowers are so wilted that they're definitely not long for this world.
See also: long, not, this, world

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Parviz-Persian
Eunomia-Greek Mythology
Enolaə-NO-ləEnglish
ZoËZO-ee (English)Dutch, English
Basir-Arabic
GilbertGIL-bərt (English), zheel-BER (French), KHIL-bərt (Dutch), GIL-bert (German)English, French, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic