not long for this world

Meaning: (idiomatic)Unlikelytoendurefor much moretime.1787,John Quincy Adams,Charles Francis Adams, editor,Life in a New England Town, 1787, 1788: Diary of John Quincy Adams(1903), page 109:Townsend went there with us, but found himself so unwell that he went home very early. His cough has return'd, with several disagreeable symptoms. I fear exceedingly that he isnot long for this world.1843April,Thomas Carlyle, “ch. 6, Hero-Worship”, inPast and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.:Charles C[offin] LittleandJames Brown, published1843,→OCLC, book I (Proem):He thinks that said soul will have to be resuscitated from its asphyxia; that if it prove irresuscitable, the man isnot long for this world.1928,Dorothy L. Sayers, “The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention”, inDorothy L. Sayers: the complete stories, published2002, page92:But I've had a warning, and I'mnot long for this world.""Not long for this world? Oh, nonsense, Plunkett. You mustn't talk like that. A touch of indigestion, that's what you've got, I expect.2006,Richard Peck,The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts, page188:Though Aunt Maud had always maintained she wasnot long for this world, she outlived all her generation.2019February 27, Drachinifel, 31:46 from the start, inThe Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?‎[1], archived fromthe originalon3 November 2022:WithGambier BayandHoelsinking andRobertsnot much longer for this world, theJohnstonis now set upon by four cruisers and a number of destroyers. The ship's crew patch holes as fast as they can, but the ship isliterallygradually beingtaken apartby repeated salvos. The fact thatthisparticular set of Japanese ships isSTILLusing armor-piercing instead of high explosive is the only saving grace.

Examples:

EN: He's not long for this world I don't like to be hard on him.
ES: Pero no vivirá mucho, y no quiero tratarlo mal.
EN: Perhaps he's not long for this world.
ES: Tal vez no le quede mucho en este mundo.
EN: Please, oh, here is someone not long for this world.
ES: Aquí tenemos a alguien.
EN: I'm not long for this world, Doctor.
ES: No me queda mucho en este mundo, doctor.
EN: She's not long for this world.
ES: Dejadla morir en paz.
EN: These attacks... I didn't want to worry you with them, but I'm not long for this world, my son.
ES: Estos ataques... No quería preocuparte con mi salud, pero no viviré mucho tiempo, hijo mío.
EN: - She is not long for this world.
ES: Ya no está con nosotros.
EN: If that's the case you're probably not long for this world.
ES: Si ése es el caso probablemente ya no añoras este mundo.
EN: I fear he's not long for this world.
ES: Me temo que no durará en este mundo.
EN: Besides, by my reckoning, he was not long for this world.
ES: Además, entiendo que le queda poco tiempo en este mundo.
EN: I'm not long for this world and you have but two choices.
ES: Solamente tienes dos opciones.
EN: I guess I wanted to show that beneath Mr. Burns' fearsome head with its cruel lips, spiteful tongue and evil brain there was a frail, withered body, perhaps not long for this world as vulnerable and beautiful as any of God's creatures.
ES: Creo que quería mostrar que detrás de la cabeza aterradora del Sr. Burns con sus labios crueles, su lengua ponzoñosa y su mente perversa hay un cuerpo frágil y marchito, quizás disonante con este mundo y tan vulnerable y hermoso como cualquier otra criatura de Dios.
EN: - He's not long for this world.
ES: No vivirá mucho. Bien.
EN: I'm not long for this world, Father.
ES: No duraré mucho, padre.
EN: For one, it seems you're not long for this world.
ES: En primer lugar, no parece que vivirá mucho.

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