next door to

Very close to, as in The old dog was next door to death. This metaphoric expression, alluding to an adjacent house, was first recorded in 1529.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Felice	[fə'li:s]
JaropeŁK	yah-RAW-pewk	Polish
Karolyn	KER-ə-lin, KAR-ə-lin	English
Rachana	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Nepali
Georgi	-	Bulgarian
Seong-Hun	sung-hoon	Korean