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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ludovicus	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Sa'd	-	Arabic
Geraldine	['dʒerəldi:n]
Idoya	ee-DHOI-ah	Spanish
Fatima	-	Arabic
Silvestra	-	Italian, Slovene