"at death's door" meaning in Английский

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Phrase

  1. при смерти, одной ногой в могиле; смертельно больной
    Sense id: ru-at_death's_door-en-phrase-5o2a58s3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: knocking on heaven's door, on one's deathbed
Categories (other): Фразеологизмы/en

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  "lang": "Английский",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "author": "Вальтер Скотт",
          "date": "1828",
          "text": "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.",
          "title": "Пертская красавица, или Валентинов день",
          "translation": "Девушка-менестрель, сбежавшая вчера из замка, разнесла повсюду слух, что герцог Ротсей убит или стоит на пороге смерти."
        },
        {
          "author": "Джек Лондон",
          "date": "1913",
          "source": "Lib",
          "text": "One of my Polynesian sailors lay at death's door with blackwater fever.",
          "title": "Джон Ячменное Зерно"
        }
      ],
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        "при смерти, одной ногой в могиле; смертельно больной"
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      "word": "knocking on heaven's door"
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      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "on one's deathbed"
    }
  ],
  "word": "at death's door"
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  "lang": "Английский",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "author": "Вальтер Скотт",
          "date": "1828",
          "text": "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.",
          "title": "Пертская красавица, или Валентинов день",
          "translation": "Девушка-менестрель, сбежавшая вчера из замка, разнесла повсюду слух, что герцог Ротсей убит или стоит на пороге смерти."
        },
        {
          "author": "Джек Лондон",
          "date": "1913",
          "source": "Lib",
          "text": "One of my Polynesian sailors lay at death's door with blackwater fever.",
          "title": "Джон Ячменное Зерно"
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      "word": "knocking on heaven's door"
    },
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      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "on one's deathbed"
    }
  ],
  "word": "at death's door"
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