count one's days

English

Verb

count one's days (third-person singular simple present counts one's days, present participle counting one's days, simple past and past participle counted one's days)

  1. (idiomatic) To prepare for imminent retribution or termination.
    • 2008, Jake Logan, Slocum and Pearl of the Rio Grande, →ISBN, page 179:
      That damn slob Bledstone had better count his days.
    • 2024 October 22, @lesthecroc, Twitter‎[1]:
      Ahahahahaha the net closes, count your days Paddington you little cunt
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see count,‎ days.
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