"knocking on heaven’s door" meaning in Anglais

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-knocking on heaven's door.ogg
  1. Être en sur le point de mourir. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-knocking_on_heaven’s_door-en-adv-YGli-AFs Categories (other): Métaphores en anglais
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