be at death's door

To be extremely ill or very close to death or total destruction. I was at death's door after a case of untreated rabies. There are many parts of the environment that are at death's door due to the effects of pollution.

be at death's door

(informal)

to be nearly dead Don't exaggerate, it was only flu - you were hardly at death's door.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Arawn	-	Welsh Mythology
Euphranor	-	Ancient Greek
Dalitso	dah-LEE-tso	Southern African, Chewa
Irenaeus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Darcey	DAHR-see	English (Rare)
Ignacij	-	Slovene