English Dictionary

death clock

名詞

ユーモラス文体

A metaphorical clock representing when one is expected to die, e.g. when someone expects to have a short lifespan because of an illness.

日本語の意味

死期を暗示する比喩的な時計。個人の残りの寿命、または短い寿命――例えば病気などによって早期の死が予示される状況――を象徴する概念。 / 残りの寿命や死ぬ時期を示す、非現実的・比喩的な時計の概念。

After the diagnosis, she kept glancing at the imagined death clock, counting down the days she expected to have left.

診断を受けてから、彼女は自分の残り寿命を刻む想像上の時計を何度も見つめ、残された日々を数えていた。

意味（1）

A metaphorical clock representing when one is expected to die, e.g. when someone expects to have a short lifespan because of an illness.

Keene had a death clock running, counting the days before his final breath, and his work plan was set to meet that last deadline, with a typical project management rigor.

意味（2）

(humorous) Any of various websites that attempt to calculate when a person will die, based on calculations from their personal information (date of birth, whether they smoke, etc.).

death clocks （ plural ）