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Ty123 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Expired
Why can you say: My time is almost up.
But not: my visa is almost up.
Top answer
I think you can.
- I think you can.
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ty123But not: my visa is almost up.
Up doesn't mean expired, except in the phrase you mentioned (and possibly a few others). time is up is an idiomatic expression and (the pattern/structure of) such expressions shouldn't normally be used to create new phrases/sentences (like the one you did)
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