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WHAT DOES NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Not Long for this World

Not Long for this World is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author August Derleth. It was released in 1948 and was the author's third collection published by Arkham House. It was released in an edition of 2,067 copies. Most of the stories had originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD

not have room to swing a cat
not having any
not hold a candle to
not in the race
not know someone from Adam
not know what has hit one
not know where to put oneself
not know whether one is Arthur or Martha
not know whether one is coming or going
not lift a finger
not look at
not much chop
not much of
not much to look at
not nearly
not on your life
not one´s idea of
not proven
not put it past someone
not really?

WORDS THAT END LIKE NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD

brave new world
bring into the world
come into the world
dead to the world
developing world
dream world
for all the world
for the world
give to the world
in the world
in-world
man of the world
old-world
on top of the world
other world
out-of-this-world
real world
the Free World
underworld
with the best will in the world
world

Synonyms and antonyms of not long for this world in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «not long for this world» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD

Find out the translation of not long for this world to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

时间不长,因为这世界
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

No mucho en este mundo
570 millions of speakers

English

not long for this world
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इस दुनिया के लिए लंबे समय तक नहीं
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لم يمض وقت طويل لهذا العالم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

не жилец на этом свете
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Não muito tempo neste mundo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এই বিশ্বের জন্য দীর্ঘ না
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pas pour longtemps
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak lama untuk dunia ini
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nicht lange für diese Welt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

この世界のために長くはありません
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이 날도 얼마
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora dawa kanggo donya iki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không dài cho thế giới này
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இந்த உலகிற்கு நீண்ட காலம் இல்லை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

या जगासाठी लांब नाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bu dünya için değil uzun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

non molto tempo per questo mondo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nie długo na tym świecie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

не жилець на цьому світі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nu cu mult timp în această lume
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όχι πολύ καιρό για αυτόν τον κόσμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nie lank vir hierdie wêreld
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inte lång tid för den här världen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ikke lenge etter denne verden
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of not long for this world

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD»

The term «not long for this world» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.690 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about not long for this world

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD»

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Not Long for This World
After an unusually forthcoming witness swears she saw a car of Imperial Blues kill Lovejoy, the police arrest Blue soldier Toby Mills. Suspecting a frame-up, Toby’s lawyer hires private detective Aaron Gunner to vet the woman’s story.
Gar Anthony Haywood, 2012
2
Long for This World: A Novel
Half a century after stowing away on a ferry carrying older family members, Han Hyun-kyu leaves his family to return to Korea and is followed by his daughter, an injured war photographer, who joins him in the small community of his youth to ...
Sonya Chung, 2013
3
How William Temple rose in the world
Lucy's mother was right : Lucy was not long for this world, and the end was nearer than they thought. As the autumn came on, Lucy's cough increased, and soon became so bad, that she was confined not only to the house, but to her room.
William Temple (fict. name.), 1863
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The Spiritual Quixote: Or, The Summer's Ramble of Mr. ...
afraid I am not long for this world ; and what will become of my poor lambs, when I am gone to my dear Redeemer? Whilst Wildgoose was engaged in this conference, in comes the poor girl that was pricked through and through, by the power ...
Richard Graves, 1820
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The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, ...
afraid I am not long for this world ; and what will become of my poor lambs, when I am gone to my dear Redeemer? Whilst Wildgoose was engaged in this conference, in comes the poor girl that was pricked through and through, by the power ...
Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), 1820
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Politics of English Jacobinism: Writings of John Thelwall
I saw that she was not long for this world. My conviction was too prophetic. She is gone. I have soothed her last moments; 1 have caught her expiring breath; and these hands have sealed her eyes. What can I more? Society lives; and it is to ...
Gregory Claeys, 2010
7
Lincolnites and Rebels : A Divided Town in the American ...
even field a candidate for mayor in 1875, effectively forcing the elder Brownlow to do the unthinkable: cast his ballot for a Democrat and former Confederate.11 Although the vote did not kill him, the Parson was not long for this world. He died in ...
Robert Tracy McKenzie Associate Professor of History Wheaton College, 2006
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Works
... to be resuscitated from its asphyxia ; that if it prove irre- suscitable, the man is not long for this world. In brief, that Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which ...
Thomas Carlyle, 1840
9
The New Dare to Discipline
Your Mother The man who was so loved by my mother was not long for this world . He died a month later while sitting at the dinner table. His last act before falling into her arms was to express a prayer of blessing on the meal he would not live ...
James C. Dobson, 2010
10
The life of Petrarch: Collected from Memoires pour la vie de ...
'As to what respects yourself, that you are not long for this world, if we reflect cooly, this is a matter of joy rather than of sorrow. Was it an old man on the borders of the grave, one might justly say to him, Do not at your years give yourself up to ...
Mrs. Dobson (Susannah), 1807

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term not long for this world is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Legend of Barney Thomson review: Tough love on the streets of …
... the course of the story (a serial killer is on the loose and one of Barney's colleagues, too, is not long for this world). Yet the ponytail survives. «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
2
Keats to Armours and other swimming lessons
Although he still enjoys conversation, and the poetry he learned as a youth and songs and music, he is not long for this world. So he shall be on ... «Coast Reporter, Jul 15»
3
Heathers the Musical review: Impressive, calculating and anything …
... Libby Asciak) and their dummkopf football field counterparts Ram and Kurt (Vincent Hooper and Jakob Ambrose) are not long for this world. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
4
What New MPG Standards Will Mean for Heavy-Duty Pickups and …
Eight-cylinder vans also appear to be not long for this world. The EPA explicitly asks GM to kill the Chevrolet Express/GMC Savana and ... «Car and Driver, Jul 15»
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On the Market: FAO Schwarz Closes; CB Approves Brooklyn Heights …
... looks to be not long for this world. Gothamist reports that the Moinian Group has filed plans to build a mixed-use, 13-story building on the site. «New York Observer, Jul 15»
6
572 Eleventh Avenue
... supremely iconic star-shaped eatery that's been open since 1962 at 572 Eleventh Avenue—is not long for this world, as Moinian Group filed ... «Curbed NY, Jul 15»
7
Furniture Girls – 'CHAOS'Tracy Salsbery
Not Long For This World” is a fun and fast paced punk rock song that includes some synthesizer action which gives this song a Furniture Girls ... «LinkedIn, Jul 15»
8
Movie review: Le bruit des arbres sets father-and-son dynamic …
He runs a small sawmill and one of the undercurrents here is the notion that this is a way of life and business that's not long for this world. In that ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
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Q&A: Christopher Eccleston on Safe House
Did you know your character was not long for this world? Absolutely. They approached me to do it and I had two weeks before I flew to New ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
10
What??? This bluejay looks like it's dying!
... with their wings cocked up at odd angles or their heads held in contorted positions, but always looking like they are not long for this world. «The Virginian-Pilot, Jul 15»

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