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
Rik	RIK	Dutch
Hargrove	['ha:grəuv]
'Ashtoret	-	Biblical Hebrew, Near Eastern Mythology
Bakarne	-	Basque
Ema	-	Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Samad	-	Arabic