on borrowed time, live



on borrowed time, live

Outlive reasonable expectations, as in Our twenty-year-old car is living on borrowed time, or The vet said our dog is living on borrowed time. This expression alludes to time borrowed from death. [Late 1800s]
See also: borrow, live, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
GyŐZŐDYUU-zuuHungarian
IsmoEES-moFinnish
Rowland['rəulənd]
Mahesh-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Nepali
Navneet-Indian (Sikh)
PhobosFO-bos (English)Greek Mythology