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
Chifuniro-Southern African, Chewa
Scarlett['ska:lət]
Mungo-Scottish
Cleo['kli:əu]
LariLAH-reeFinnish
Romilda-Italian, Ancient Germanic