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
Colombo-Italian
AeolusEE-ə-ləs (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Nurislam-Kazakh
Kajal-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Waramunt-Ancient Germanic
BentonBEN-tənEnglish