at death's door

Meaning

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   so ill / sick that you may die

   The dear boy's been at death's door.

   If Brandon is infirm, then I am at death's door.

In the movies · 3

• The dear boy's been at death's door.Night and the City1950
• If Brandon is infirm, then I am at death's door.Sense and Sensibility1995
• and, at death's door, he gives you the whole layout?The Expendables2010
• l found him at death's door, halfway up the hill.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2011
• You saw how he is. He's on death's fucking door!Children of Men2006

Learn it in full scenes

• Night and the City1950
  • Harry Pitches His Fuel Pill to Mary
  • Mary Borrows Money From Adam
  • Harry Gets the Club Rules
• Sense and Sensibility1995
  • John Dashwood's Deathbed Promise
  • The Dashwoods Lose Norland
  • Edward Ferrars Visits Norland

From the same entry

• be the death of
• do to death
• frighten to death
• look like death warmed up
• put to death
• to death
• to the death
• catch your death
• cheat death
• dice with death
• die a death
• a fate worse than death