not long for this world

idiom

: about to die soon

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The $7,500 federal EV tax credit is not long for this world, but there's still time to save. PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025 Mega Evolution was not long for this world, but its legacy lives on as the first and most celebrated of the generational battle gimmicks. Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025 But Thomas was fragile and buzzing and not long for this world; Frost was solidifying. James Parker, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025 The beer is poisoned, and Billy is not long for this world. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 Feb. 2025 Two words: Digital services. —Is awkward Alexa-speak not long for this world? Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024 But Wolff proposes that the empire Ailes and Murdoch built is not long for this world: The old generation is fading, and the new one doesn’t have the stomach to run a crypto-fascist propaganda machine. Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2023 That restaurant, however, is not long for this world. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2023 In the presence of this tiny terror, fish are not long for this world. Patrick Huyghe, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019

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“Not long for this world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20long%20for%20this%20world. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.

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