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"live on borrowed time" in Chinese (Simplified)

活在借来的时间里侥幸活着

Definition

在本应结束生命或失败之后还继续活着或存在,通常是意外地或者逆势而为。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是习惯表达,常用于指人在大病或危险之后仍然活着,也可指事物、公司等存在超出了预期。强调超过原定或自然终点的存在。

Examples

After his heart attack, the doctors said he was living on borrowed time.

心脏病发作后,医生说他在**活在借来的时间里**。

The old bridge is living on borrowed time after so many years of use.

这座老桥用了这么多年,已经是在**活在借来的时间里**了。

Many endangered animals are living on borrowed time.

许多濒危动物都在**活在借来的时间里**。

Don’t waste your days—you never know if you’re living on borrowed time.

别浪费你的时光——你永远不知道是否**活在借来的时间里**。

After surviving that car crash, she feels like she’s living on borrowed time every day.

在那场车祸幸存后,她每天都觉得自己在**活在借来的时间里**。

With all these layoffs, my job feels like it’s living on borrowed time lately.

最近裁员这么多,我的工作也感觉**活在借来的时间里**。