"jaws of death" meaning in English

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          "text": "\"And then at last I see him, and behold, my chance is gone but by a hair's breadth even before I have it, for he is in the very jaws of death, whence no power of mine can draw him.\"",
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        "A very narrowly avoided, or close to, fatal situation."
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        "(poetic, figuratively, cliche) A very narrowly avoided, or close to, fatal situation."
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          "alt": "死地",
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          "sense": "A narrowly avoided fatal situation",
          "word": "사지"
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          "sense": "A narrowly avoided fatal situation",
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        "(poetic, figuratively, cliche) A very narrowly avoided, or close to, fatal situation."
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      "alt": "死地",
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      "sense": "A narrowly avoided fatal situation",
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      "sense": "A narrowly avoided fatal situation",
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