be on the threshold of (something)

To be about to do something; to be about to happen. I can't believe that my little girl is actually on the threshold of marriage. I'm confident that our team is on the threshold of a major scientific breakthrough.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ali (1)	‘ah-LEE: (Arabic)	Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay
Wit	VEET	Polish
Merilyn	-	English
Caomh	-	Ancient Irish
Chestirad	-	Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)
Marilena	mah-ree-LE-nah (Italian)	Italian, Romanian