To assess, quantify, or evaluate the passage of someone's life, often in terms of routine, repetitive actions or small increments, sometimes implying a sense of monotony or lack of significant events. The phrase is famously used in T.S. Eliot's poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' as 'I have measured out my life with coffee spoons,' suggesting a life marked by trivial or mundane activities.
