live on borrowed time



live on borrowed time

Fig. to exist only because of good fortune; to live on when death was expected. The doctors told him he was living on borrowed time. You are living on borrowed time, so make the best of it.
See also: borrow, live, on, time

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Oghenekevwe-Western African, Urhobo
Jeconiah-Biblical
Tenzin-Tibetan, Bhutanese
Hasim-Arabic
Chara-Greek
Amindaah-MEEN-dahEsperanto