borrowed time

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

慣用表現 不可算名詞

(idiomatic) A period of time whose precise duration is not known but which can be expected to be quite limited, and at the end of which one's situation, benefits, or opportunities will be entirely terminated.

日本語の意味

取り返しのつかない結末が迫る前に与えられる、限られた猶予期間。 / 終わりが近い中で、現在の状況や恩恵が存続している一時的な時間。

英語の意味

(idiomatic) A period of time whose precise duration is not known but which can be expected to be quite limited, and at the end of which one's situation, benefits, or opportunities will be entirely terminated.

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After the company stopped the subsidies, many employees felt like they were living on borrowed time.

会社が補助金を打ち切ると、多くの従業員は自分たちが残された短く不確かな猶予期間の中にいると感じた。

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意味（1）

(idiomatic) A period of time whose precise duration is not known but which can be expected to be quite limited, and at the end of which one's situation, benefits, or opportunities will be entirely terminated.

[A]t eighty a body is living on borrowed time.

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意味（2）

A length of time whose duration has traditionally expired, yet continues to function or operate.

Having survived when many others died, she decided to make good use of her borrowed time.

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