on the brink in English

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{
  "etymology_text": ": on the brink < → δείτε τις λέξεις on, the και brink",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "on the brink"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "on the brink of collpase - στα πρόθυρα της κατάρρευσης"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "στο χείλος, στα πρόθυρα"
      ],
      "id": "el-on_the_brink-en-phrase-nUJmAyO6"
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the brink"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": ": on the brink < → δείτε τις λέξεις on, the και brink",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "on the brink"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "on the brink of collpase - στα πρόθυρα της κατάρρευσης"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "στο χείλος, στα πρόθυρα"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the brink"
}

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"on the brink" meaning in English

Phrase