live on borrowed time

live on borrowed time
live on borrowed time
Fig. to exist only because of good fortune; to live on when death was expected. •

The doctors told him he was living on borrowed time.

You are living on borrowed time, so make the best of it.

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{v. phr.} To live or last longer than was expected. * /Ever since his operation, Harvey felt he was living on borrowed time./ * /Mr. Brown was living on borrowed time because a year ago the doctors had told him he would only live six months./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • live on borrowed time — {v. phr.} To live or last longer than was expected. * /Ever since his operation, Harvey felt he was living on borrowed time./ * /Mr. Brown was living on borrowed time because a year ago the doctors had told him he would only live six months./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • live\ on\ borrowed\ time — v. phr. To live or last longer than was expected. Ever since his operation, Harvey felt he was living on borrowed time. Mr. Brown was living on borrowed time because a year ago the doctors had told him he would only live six months …   Словарь американских идиом

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