- It's not long for this world.
- Gone are the days …
- In its death throes.
- Misery acquaints itself with strange bedfellows.
- Romp on with reckless abandon.
- Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
- All that glitters is not gold.
- We have seen better days.
- Too much of a good thing.
- Something wicked this way comes.
- Short shrift
- A tower of strength
- I have spread my dreams under your feet./
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. - Be that as it may/might
- Try as I may/might
- A baptism of fire
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