on one's deathbed

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

on one's deathbed

1. (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)