n'en a plus pour longtemps

doesn't have much longer

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doesn't have much longer An idiomatic expression meaning that someone or something has little time remaining, often implying that a sick or dying person will die soon. The verb changes with the subject: n'en ai plus pour longtemps, n'en as plus pour longtemps, n'en a plus pour longtemps.

FR: Elle n'en a plus pour longtemps.

EN: She doesn't have much longer.

Elle n'en a plus pour longtemps.

She doesn't have long left.

Celui-là, il n'en a plus pour longtemps.

That one doesn’t have much longer to live.

— Pixote, la loi du plus faible (1980)

Le malade n'en a plus pour longtemps.

The patient doesn’t have long to live.

Ce malade n'en a plus pour longtemps.

This patient doesn’t have much longer to live.

Il n'en a plus pour longtemps.

He doesn’t have much longer to live.