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Rex Posted 19 years ago
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Living on borrowed time

0 01b00US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki is living "on borrowed time", but that she is confident he can give Iraq security.02b00 02br
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01font00What is the meaning of living on borrowed time'? This may be purely a political term or rather expressed in the context of political life a person.02br
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00Does it tantamount to his days are numbered? This could be said to anyone. I mean this should not be confine to political carrer of a person.0-
  

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0 Indeed, it means that he is not likely to have much more time. 0-

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  • 0 Indeed, it means that he is not likely to have much more time.
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0 Indeed, it means that he is not likely to have much more time. It is a common phrase and is not purely related to politics.0-
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0 01i00living on borrowed time02i00 means living longer than expected, as when someone has terminal cancer.02br
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00 It doesn't make any sense in the political context without stretching the idea considerably (but in my opinion, one should consider the source of such nonsense).02br
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