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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Herbert	HUR-bərt (English), er-BER (French), HER-bert (Polish)	English, German, French, Slovene, Polish
Gudbrand	-	Norwegian, Danish
Bihotz	-	Basque
Swapna	-	Indian, Telugu, Marathi
Jozo	-	Croatian
Hobson	['hɔbsn]