[ mìngzàidànxì ] hold one's life on a precarious tenure; be at death's door; be at the point of death; be dying; be near one's end; be on the verge of death; death is staring somebody in the face.; death may come any minute.; one's hour draws near.; one's life hung in the balance.; one's life is a question of hours.; one's life is in danger.; one's life is nearing its close.; one's life is not worth a day's [an hour's] purchase.; one's life may end at any moment.; one's life seemed on the point of coming to an end
Example Sentences:
1.
Death started him in the face . 他命在旦夕。
2.
Death stared him in the face . 他命在旦夕。
3.
He was a goner after that stroke 在那次中风之后,他已经是命在旦夕,行将就木之人。
