päivät ovat luetut

Finnish

Etymology

päivät (“days”) ovat (“are”) luetut (“counted”)

Phrase

päivät ovat luetut

  1. (idiomatic) days are numbered (some period of time is coming to an end)
    Jos hänen suorituksensa eivät parane pian, hänen päivänsä tässä yrityksessä ovat luetut.
    If his performance does not improve very soon, his days at this company are numbered.
    Pelkään, että Erkin päivät ovat luetut.
    I'm afraid Erkki's days are numbered.

Usage notes

Always preceded by a noun or pronoun in genitive. As usual, 1st and 2nd person personal pronouns may be omitted. The possessive suffix is attached to päivät (“days”) when appropriate.

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