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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- King in Council
- King James Bible
- King James Version
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- smallest room
- small-eyed
- small fish
- small fleabane
- small folk
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- small fruit
- small fry
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- small girl
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- small government
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