it had come down to him

[Clockmaker]

Hola.

¿Como puedo traducir este "it had come down to him"? Muchas gracias.

(el protagonista está muy enfermo)
He sat up, slowly reached under the pillow and pulled out the calendar and pen. He looked at the dates in December, all of which had been crossed out up to December twentieth. Over three decades of life, marriage, fatherhood, defending his country, and working hard, it had come down to him marking off the few days left.

 

[SusanBryan]

I would translate it as ´se había acostumbrado a tachar los días que quedaban.´

 

[maidinbedlam]

Yo lo entiendo así: "...todo se había reducido a marcar los días que le quedaban".

 

[SydLexia]

"...(ahora) no le quedaba más que...." ??

syd

 

[andy town]

Hola. Yo lo entiendo como: ahora le tocaba a él solito...
Andy

 

[Andoush]

Yo lo entiendo así: "...todo se había reducido a marcar los días que le quedaban".

"...(ahora) no le quedaba más que...." ?? Syd

For what it's worth, I agree with these two options with a small preference for Maidin's...