at death's door

成語所屬單字death

1.慣用語

釋義

奄奄一息；病危

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.

at death's door — 慣用語