lie at death's door

Fig. to be close to dying. She lay at death's door for over a month. I do not want to lie at death's door suffering. I hope to pass on quickly.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Suhaila	-	Arabic
Dominick	DAHM-ə-nik	English
Geoffrey	JEF-ree (English), zhaw-FRE (French)	English, French
Ilan	-	Hebrew
Katharina	kah-tah-REE-nah (German, Swedish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Ines	['i:nes]