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Alternative spelling of at death's door.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
About to die; in a life-threatening state of health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: knocking on heaven's door, on one's deathbed
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Ainu:
マイマイケ
(maymayke)
— about to die
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Azerbaijani:
bir ayağı burda, bir ayağı gorda
— about to die
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Catalan:
a les portes de la mort
— about to die
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Chinese Mandarin:
瀕臨死亡 /濒临死亡
(bīnlín sǐwáng)
— about to die
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Finnish:
kuolemaisillaan
— about to die
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Finnish:
kuoleman kielissä
— about to die
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French:
aux portes de la mort
— about to die
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French:
à l'agonie
— about to die
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French:
à l'article de la mort
— about to die
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Galician:
ás portas da morte
— about to die
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German:
an der Schwelle des Todes
— about to die
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Icelandic:
dauðvona
— about to die
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Icelandic:
liggja fyrir dauðanum
— about to die
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Icelandic:
vera langt leiddur
— about to die
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Icelandic:
vera í andarslitrunum
— about to die
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Icelandic:
berja nestið
— about to die
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Irish:
ar deireadh
— about to die
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Italian:
al capolinea
— about to die
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Italian:
al lumicino
— about to die
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Latin:
moribundus
— about to die
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Latin:
capulāris
— about to die
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Māori:
whakahemohemo
— about to die
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Norman:
au nom d'mort
— about to die
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Norman:
sus l'pus
— about to die
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Norman:
au pas d'la mort
— about to die
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Polish:
jedną nogą w grobie
— about to die
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Polish:
na łożu śmierci
— about to die
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Polish:
u progu śmierci
— about to die
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Portuguese:
às portas da morte
— about to die
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Portuguese:
nas portas da morte
— about to die
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Portuguese:
no bico do corvo
— about to die
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Romanian:
cu un picior în groapă
— about to die
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Romanian:
în pragul morții
— about to die
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Romanian:
pe moarte
— about to die
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Russian:
при́ сме́рти
(prí smérti)
— about to die
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Russian:
на сме́ртном одре́
(na smértnom odré)
— about to die
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Russian:
одно́й ного́й в моги́ле
(odnój nogój v mogíle)
— about to die
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Russian:
на краю́ гро́ба
(na krajú gróba)
— about to die
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Spanish:
a las últimas
— about to die
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Turkish:
ölümün eşiğinde
— about to die
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Welsh:
wrth borth marwolaeth
— about to die