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
Gale[geil]
Shields['ʃi:ldz]
Yahya-Arabic, Turkish, Persian
LasseLAHS-se (Danish, Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Ruh-Arabic
Yevdokiyayev-dah-KEE-yah, eev-dah-KEE-yahRussian