not long for this world
Approaching the end
Not long for this world describes someone or something expected to die or end soon.
The phrase usually applies to the terminally ill or very old: At ninety-three with failing kidneys, she's not long for this world.
It extends to things facing obsolescence or destruction: That old laptop is not long for this world.
- dyingCeasing to live
- moribundNear death, failing
- one foot in the graveNear death's door
- deadNo longer alive
- faintWeak and indistinct
on death's door · doomed · terminal · last legs · fading fast · departed · meeting one's maker · fade · expire · mortality · evanescent · ephemeral · perishability · fleeting · transient · extinction · finality · goner
not long for this worldimmortal
Cannot die
eternal · long-lived · undying · everlasting · deathless
not long for this worldthriving
Succeeding vigorously
hale and hearty · fit as a fiddle · alive and kicking · vigorous · flourishing
not long for this worldindestructible
Impossible to damage permanently
built to last · here to stay · permanent · durable · imperishable
world, longer, longest, longing, longingly, length, lengthen, lengthy, worldly