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
Radha-Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi
Alastar-Irish
Ballaster['bælistə]
Eloisae-lo-EE-zahItalian
ÅGot-Norwegian
April['eiprəl]