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Meaning of "the sands are running out" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE SANDS ARE RUNNING OUT

the sands are running out play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE SANDS ARE RUNNING OUT

the sack
the Saint Leger
the Salish
the same
the same old story
the Santa Maria
the Scales
the scheduled territories
the Schools
the score
the Scorpion
the Scots Greys
the Scottish
the screen
the scrub
the sea
the Second International
the secondary
the seelie
the self

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE SANDS ARE RUNNING OUT

bedding out
boarding out
bring out
bug out
check out
coming out
find out
flag out
hang out
log out
on the way out
peg out
pig out
rig out
ring out
sing out
slopping out
strung out
veg out
wig out

Synonyms and antonyms of the sands are running out in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «the sands are running out» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE SANDS ARE RUNNING OUT

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Translator English - Chinese

沙子被耗尽
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

las arenas están agotando
570 millions of speakers

English

the sands are running out
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रेत से बाहर चल रहे हैं
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تعمل رمال خارج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пески исходе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

as areias estão se esgotando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বালি আউট হয় চলমান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

les sables sont à court
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pasir habis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

der Sand läuft aus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

砂が不足している
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모래 밖으로 실행하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pasir wis metu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cát đang chạy ra khỏi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மணல் வெளியே ஓடுகிறது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेत बाहेर चालत आहेत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kumlar tükeniyor
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

le sabbie si stanno esaurendo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piaski są na wyczerpaniu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

піски кінець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nisipurile sunt pe terminate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οι άμμοι εξαντλείται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die tyd is amper om
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sanden kör ut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sanden kjører ut
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the sands are running out

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE SANDS ARE RUNNING OUT»

The term «the sands are running out» is normally little used and occupies the 112.612 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE SANDS ARE RUNNING OUT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the sands are running out

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE SANDS ARE RUNNING OUT»

Discover the use of the sands are running out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the sands are running out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Weekly World News
The sands are running out for Johnny Carson. His show dipped to second place in the ratings behind ABC reruns. Johnny Carson ~ TV's all-time late-night king — is bombing in his new show and sources say NBC is losing faith in its Golden ...
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Soft Skill Business And Professional Communication (For Bba ...
The sands are running out (There is not much time)—The sands are running out and we have to arrange for the wedding by next week. 85. On the shelf (no longer performing one's former activities)— 50 Soft Skill: Business and Professional ...
Sutapa Banerjee, 2008
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Idioms
SAND The sands are running out have very little time The sands are running out and we have to finish this job before the boss arrives tomorrow. SARDINE Squashed like sardines: placed dose together We were squashed like sardines in the ...
David Copper, 2005
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Study Package For Clat
Hurry up and finish the work in time for the sands are running out. 41. To smell a rat: to have suspicion. She smelt a rat and refused to accompany him. 42. To sow one's wild oats: indulge in youthful follies before becoming steady. You can ...
Bharadwaj
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Idioms and Phrases
... gets, he is able to salt a little amount away. Sands are running out Not much time left; time is passing We must try to do good and be of service to others at every conceivable moment because we should realise that the sands are running out ...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
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Essential English for Competitions: IAS, PCS, HCS, HAS, RAS ...
She smelt a rat and refused to accompany him. Sands are running out: time is really at an end. Hurry up and finish the work in time for the sands are running out . School of adversity: poor circumstances. Many great men have been brought up  ...
A P Bhardwaj, 2010
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Maitreya on the Image of God: A Study in Christhood by the ...
The sands are running out and you never know whether, following the next cycle of indulgence, you will have the opportunity again to return to wholeness. God- mastery is the building of a momentum day upon day, year upon year. And when  ...
Elizabeth Clare Prophet, 1990
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The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad
All your words were — and always shall be — most welcome to me. My mind struggles with a strange sort of torpor, struggles desperately while the sands are running out. That is the most terrifying thought of all. They are running out — and  ...
Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl, Laurence Davies, 1988
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Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
A rope of sand. Something nominally effective and strong, but in reality worthless and untrustworthy. The sand-man is about. A playful remark addressed to children who are tired and " sleepy-eyed." Cp. DUSTMAN. The sands are running out.
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 2001
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Joseph Conrad: A Life
A month later he confessed to Harriet Capes, a Christian writer who specialized in writing children's books: "My mind struggles with a strange sort of torpor, struggles desperately while the sands are running out. That is the most terrifying  ...
Zdzisław Najder, 2007

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