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
Themistocles	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Min	meen (Korean)	Chinese, Korean
'Elifelet	-	Biblical Hebrew
Britannia	-	English (Rare)
Sky	SKIE	English (Modern)
Baruch	bə-ROOK (English), BER-ook (English), BAR-ook (English), BAHR-ook (English)	Biblical, Hebrew