on one's deathbed

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

on one's deathbed

(idiomatic) Close to death.

Synonyms

at death’s door
knocking on heaven's door
with one foot in the grave

Translations

close to death (idiomatic)

Bulgarian: на смъ́ртно легло́ (na smǎ́rtno legló)
Catalan: en el seu llit de mort
Finnish: kuolinvuoteellaan
French: sur son lit de mort (fr)
German: auf dem Sterbebett
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: li ber sikratê
Norman: sus san mouothi (Jersey)
Polish: na łożu śmierci
Russian: на сме́ртном одре́ (ru) (na smértnom odré)

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