كيف تنطق "lie at death's door"

expression

LYE at DETHS DOR

LYE at DETHS DAW

التعريف

To be extremely ill or close to dying. This is a figurative expression used to describe someone whose life is in great danger.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈɫaɪ/ /ˈæt/ /ˈdɛθs/ /ˈdɔɹ

الإنجليزية البريطانية

lˈaɪ/ /ˈæt/ /dɛθs/ /dˈɔː

أمريكي

LYE at DETHS DOR

بريطاني

LYE at DETHS DAW

After the accident, he lay at death's door for weeks.

The old dog lies at death's door now.

The patient was said to be lying at death's door but survived.

Last winter, my grandfather lay at death's door, but the doctors saved him.