余よ命めいいくばくもない

expression, i-adjective

having little time left to live; one's days are numbered

Used to describe someone who is terminally ill or very old and not expected to live much longer. Often carries a solemn or literary tone.

• 医い者しゃから余よ命めいいくばくもないと宣せん告こくされた。

  The doctor told him he had little time left to live.

• 余よ命めいいくばくもない祖そ父ふは、家か族ぞくに囲かこまれて穏おだやかに過すごしている。

  My grandfather, whose days are numbered, is spending his remaining time peacefully surrounded by family.