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
GreshamGRESH-əmEnglish (Rare)
Tollak-Norwegian
Appleseed['æplisi:d]
Clifford['klifəd]
JadziaYAH-jahPolish
Elvireel-VEERFrench