at death's door
See also: at Death's door
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- (idiomatic) About to die; in a life-threatening state of health.
- 1828, Walter Scott, chapter 32, in The Fair Maid of Perth:
- The minstrel woman who left the castle yesterday has spread the report everywhere that the Duke of Rothsay is murdered, or at death's door.
- 1913, Jack London, chapter 32, in John Barleycorn:
- One of my Polynesian sailors lay at death's door with blackwater fever.
- 2008, Josh Quittner, "Bill Gates: PC Genius, Internet Fool," Time, 29 June:
- Clearly, a business with $26 billion in cash reserves isn't exactly at death's door.
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about to die
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