"at death's door" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-at death's door.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) About to die; in a life-threatening state of health. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: knocking on heaven's door, on one's deathbed, at Death's door Related terms: final curtain Translations (about to die): マイマイケ (maymayke) (Ainu), bir ayağı burda, bir ayağı gorda (Azerbaijani), a les portes de la mort (Catalan), 瀕臨死亡 (Chinese Mandarin), 濒临死亡 (bīnlín sǐwáng) (Chinese Mandarin), kuolemaisillaan (Finnish), kuoleman kielissä (Finnish), aux portes de la mort (French), à l’agonie (French), à l’article de la mort (French), ás portas da morte (Galician), an der Schwelle des Todes (German), dauðvona [masculine] (Icelandic), liggja fyrir dauðanum (Icelandic), vera langt leiddur (Icelandic), vera í andarslitrunum (Icelandic), berja nestið (Icelandic), ar deireadh (Irish), al capolinea (Italian), al lumicino (Italian), moribundus (Latin), capulāris (Latin), whakahemohemo (Maori), au nom d'mort (Norman), sus l'pus (Norman), au pas d'la mort (Norman), jedną nogą w grobie (Polish), na łożu śmierci (Polish), u progu śmierci (Polish), às portas da morte (Portuguese), nas portas da morte (Portuguese), no bico do corvo (Portuguese), cu un picior în groapă (Romanian), în pragul morții (Romanian), pe moarte (Romanian), при́ сме́рти (prí smérti) [stressed-preposition] (Russian), на сме́ртном одре́ (na smértnom odré) (Russian), одно́й ного́й в моги́ле (odnój nogój v mogíle) (Russian), на краю́ гро́ба (na krajú gróba) (Russian), a las últimas (Spanish), ölümün eşiğinde (Turkish), wrth borth marwolaeth (Welsh)

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "na krajú gróba",
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    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "au pas d'la mort"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "jedną nogą w grobie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "na łożu śmierci"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "u progu śmierci"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "às portas da morte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "nas portas da morte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "no bico do corvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "cu un picior în groapă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "în pragul morții"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "pe moarte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prí smérti",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "tags": [
        "stressed-preposition"
      ],
      "word": "при́ сме́рти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na smértnom odré",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "на сме́ртном одре́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odnój nogój v mogíle",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "одно́й ного́й в моги́ле"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na krajú gróba",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "на краю́ гро́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "a las últimas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "ölümün eşiğinde"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "about to die",
      "word": "wrth borth marwolaeth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "at death's door"
}

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