exist on borrowed time

To live or exist in a temporary and/or tenuous position, which may come to an end suddenly and abruptly. The small aboriginal population has been existing on borrowed time since the invaders began colonizing their land. Accidents and disease can strike so unexpectedly that it feels like we're all existing on borrowed time.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Toma (2)	TO-mah (Croatian, Serbian)	Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Georgian
Hardeep	-	Indian (Sikh)
Ira (2)	-	Russian
Alex	AL-əks (English), AH-ləks (Dutch)	English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic
Kazuo	kah-zoo-o	Japanese
Benedictus	bay-nə-DIK-tus (Dutch)	Late Roman, Dutch