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单词 death's door
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Definition of death's door in English:

death's door

noun
  • A door imagined to stand between life and death; a near approach to, or great danger of, death, especially through illness; chiefly in "at death's door" (also hyperbolical).

Origin

Early 16th century; earliest use found in Alexander Barclay (c1484–1552), poet and clergyman.

 
 

Definition of death's door in US English:

death's door

noun
  • A door imagined to stand between life and death; a near approach to, or great danger of, death, especially through illness; chiefly in "at death's door" (also hyperbolical).

Origin

Early 16th century; earliest use found in Alexander Barclay (c1484–1552), poet and clergyman.

 
 
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