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on borrowed time, live

on borrowed time, live

Outlive reasonable expectations, as in Our twenty-year-old car is living on borrowed time, or The vet said our dog is living on borrowed time. This expression alludes to time borrowed from death. [Late 1800s]
See also: borrow, live, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Rasheed-Arabic
LennoxLEN-əksScottish, English (Rare)
Natasa-Greek
Gavriilgah-vree-EEL (Russian)Russian, Greek
BreeBREEIrish
BellaBEL-əEnglish
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