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
Lea	LE-ah (German, Finnish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Croatian
Leona	lee-O-nə (English), LE-o-nah (German)	English, German
GueniÈVre	-	French
Noah (1)	NO-ə (English)	English, Biblical
Hua	-	Chinese
Izydor	ee-ZI-dawr	Polish