on (one's) deathbed
on (one's) deathbed
In the process of or very close to dying. He was on his deathbed when he finally confessed his love for Martha. They're scrambling to give her the contracts to sign on her deathbed, as the deals become null and void if she doesn't sign off on them for any reason.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
on one's deathbed
while one is in bed and dying. While he lay on his deathbed, he told his lawyer that he wanted to give all his money to charity.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
on (one's) deathbed
Close to death.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- on deathbed
- die to
- dying to (do something)
- dying to do
- dying to know
- dying to know (something)
- deathbed
- deathbed conversion
- stand in (someone's or something's) way
- hang on by a thread