com os dias contados
Portuguese
Etymology
Literally: "with the days counted".
Adjective
com os dias contados (plural, comparable)
- (often pejoratively or in a threatening tone) decadent, declining, approaching an end, not having much time left
- Meu avô está com os dias contados.
- My grandfather doesn't have much time left.
- Este regime está com os dias contados.
- This regime is approaching its end.