"at death's door" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 奄奄一息
• 瀕臨死亡

Definition

嚴重生病或即將死亡；指某人已經非常接近死亡了。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是一個誇張、成語化的用語，可以描述重病，也可幽默誇大（如「感冒讓我奄奄一息」）。一般不用於僅因年老而將死，主要指疾病或重大危機。

Examples

After days of high fever, he was at death's door.

高燒幾天後，他已經**奄奄一息**了。

She looked at death's door but recovered quickly.

她看起來**奄奄一息**，但很快恢復了。

My grandfather was at death's door last winter.

去年冬天，我祖父曾經**瀕臨死亡**。

With that horrible flu, I honestly felt like I was at death's door.

那場嚴重的流感，我真的覺得自己**奄奄一息**了。

He joked that after eating that spicy food, he was at death's door.

他開玩笑說喫了那辣的食物後，自己**奄奄一息**。

The doctors said he was at death's door, but he made a full recovery.

醫生說他**奄奄一息**，但後來完全康復了。