death (at death’s door )危在旦夕
该词组可以形容某人病入膏肓、生命垂危。它出自迈尔斯·科弗代尔(Myles Coverdale,1488—1509)所译的《公祷书》(The Book of Common Prayer )中的“诗篇”(Psalm )第107章第18段:
“Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they were even hard at death’s door.”
“他们心里厌恶各样的食物,他们已临近死门。”