sitondeath'sdoorstep (third-person singular simple presentsits on death's doorstep,present participlesitting on death's doorstep,simple past and past participlesat on death's doorstep)
- To be on the brink of death; to be almost dead.
1982,Lyrical Iowa, page109:You cansit on death's doorstep, And rest your weary bones.
2002,Dissertation Abstracts International, page3778:From the Otherworld she hopes, as a shaman, to retrieve the soul of her dead or dying intended husband, whosits on Death's doorstep.
2015, Terry Cooksey,The Cure For All Disease:Even when I had an excellent diet, within 5 years of drinking Ocean Spray juices, sodas, Gatorade and sugar sweetened tea every day, I had blown out my kidneys andwas sitting on death's doorstep.
2020, Rick Walker,Calafia: The Untold Story of California's Beginnings:The soldiers, officers, and priests all devoted considerable time and effort to nursing the ill men back to health, but too many of them stillsat on death's doorstep.
