teeter on the brink of (something)

To be very close to doing something or of having some imminent event happen, especially that which is bad or disastrous. The company is still doing business, but ever since the recession hit, they've been teetering on the brink of closing down. The crew are so maddened by the cuts to their pay that everyone is teetering on the brink of mutiny.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Berry	['beri]
Kimi	KEE-mee	Finnish
Victor	VIK-tər (English), veek-TOR (French)	English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman
Mariko	mah-ṙee-ko	Japanese
Kumar	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannad
Philippos	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek