on the brink of en · ADP
Pronunciation
- /ɒn ðə brɪŋk əv/
Meanings
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Very near, imminently approaching; ready to, about to.
So in a week's time she was beginning to hearken to her mother when she spoke of incantations and charms for restoring love. She kenned it was sin, but though not seven days syne she had sat at the Lord's table, so strong is love in a young heart that she was on the very brink of it.
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:teetering on the brink of bankruptcy
The old building seemed to be on the brink of collapse.
on the brink of extinction
Coordinates
on the point of · on the verge of · on the edge of
Relateds
Translations (18)
pt à beira de (very near to) · izh rajal (very near to) · ru на гра́ни (very near to) · bg на прага на (very near to) · es al borde de (very near to) · fi partaalla (very near to) · gl a pique de (very near to) · da på vippen (very near to) · gl á beira de (very near to) · es a borde de (very near to) · es a punto de (very near to) · pl na skraju (very near to) · cs na hraně (very near to) · pl na krawędzi (very near to) · cs na pokraji (very near to) · fr au bord de (very near to) · la futurus sum (very near to) · el στο χείλος (very near to)