be on the threshold of (something)

To be about to do something; to be about to happen. I can't believe that my little girl is actually on the threshold of marriage. I'm confident that our team is on the threshold of a major scientific breakthrough.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Fleurette	flə-RET (English)	French (Rare), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Rute	-	Portuguese
Umida	-	Uzbek
Karpos	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Kieran	KEER-awn, KEE-ar-awn	Irish
AmÍLcar	-	Portuguese, Spanish