at death's door

idiomPart ofdeath

at death's door — idiom

1. so ill or weak that you might die soon

1.慣用語
釋義

so ill or weak that you might die soon

例句

After two weeks with a terrible fever, the old woman was at death's door before the medicine finally started working.

The cat looked as though she was at death's door, but after a warm meal and a night's sleep she was running around again.