“I felt”, he said, “like I was living on borrowed time ever since I was 19 years old.”

“当时我觉得”，他说“自从19岁以来第一次感到时间的宝贵”。

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Few of the British expatriates and Chinese immigrants who came to the city with the moniker 'borrowed place, borrowed time' saw it as a permanent home.

对这个曾被调侃为“借来的空间、借来的时间”的城市，英国人及来自中国大陆的移民中很少有人将其视为永久的居住地。

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Cities such as Minamisanriku, one of the worst hit coastal towns, were living on borrowed time as fishermen aged, fewer young people became fishermen, fish stocks fell, and productivity waned.

像南三陆那样的城市(受冲击最严重的海边城镇之一)，随着渔民变老，就依靠借来的时间生存，越来越少年轻人成为渔民，鱼存量减少，同时生产力也下降。

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"I think Dubai went a little bit too fast and they borrowed too much money in a very short period of time."

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The Greek government might be living on borrowed time, but European finance ministers have just borrowed a bit more.

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If Maduro somehow wins, and continues in the Chavez mold, then Pdvsa is not just on borrowed money, but borrowed time.

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You see, given the mess that is European sovereign finances, the European financial markets and thus the banks are on borrowed time.

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