päivät ovat luetut
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
päivät (“days”) ovat (“are”) luetut (“counted”)
Phrase[edit]
- (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[edit]
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.