next door to

Very close to, as in The old dog was next door to death. This metaphoric expression, alluding to an adjacent house, was first recorded in 1529.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gualberto	-	Portuguese
MÁRia	MAH-ree-aw (Hungarian)	Hungarian, Slovak
Danihel	-	Biblical Latin
Augustas	-	Lithuanian
Abena	-	Western African, Akan
Frigyes	-	Hungarian