one's number is up

Fig. one's time to die—or to suffer some other unpleasantness—has come. John is worried. He thinks his number is up. When my number is up, I hope it all goes fast.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Naheed	-	Persian
Nadya (1)	-	Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Blue	[blu:]
Sham'a	-	Arabic
Kester	-	Scottish
Mahalah	-	Biblical