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
Haran-Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Dragan-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian
LennartLE-nahrt (Low German)Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Low German, Dutch
Duana-English (Rare)
RusselRUS-əlEnglish
JennicaJEN-i-kəEnglish (Rare)