at death's doorstep

Extremely ill or very close to death or total destruction. A case of untreated rabies left me suddenly at death's doorstep. There are many parts of the environment that are now on death's doorstep due to the effects of pollution.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kazimir	kah-zee-MEER (Russian)	Russian, Medieval Slavic
Jayne	JAYN	English
Mat	MAT	English
Abel	AY-bəl (English), ah-BEL (Spanish), ə-BEL (Portuguese)	English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Silvija	-	Croatian, Slovene
Hamilcar	hə-MIL-kahr (English), HAM-il-kahr (English)	Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History