borrowed time
A period of time whose precise duration is not known but which can be expected to be…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.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic, uncountable)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.
to live on borrowed time
(uncountable)A length of time whose duration has traditionally expired, but which continues nonetheless.
Having survived when many others died, she decided to make good use of her borrowed time.
Translations
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable