on the brink of

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on the brink of something

if someone or something is on the brink of a situation, that situation is likely to happen soon. The country is on the brink of civil war. We are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. She is on the brink of international stardom.

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A WEARY Traveller who had lain down and fallen asleep on the brink of a deep well was discovered by Dame Fortune. Fables by Aesop View in context If you knew how I feel on the brink of calamity at this instant, how afraid I am of myself Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context On the brink of some explanation, she seemed to recoil from it. I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context More results

References in classic literature

A WEARY Traveller who had lain down and fallen asleep on the brink of a deep well was discovered by Dame Fortune.

Fables by Aesop View in context

If you knew how I feel on the brink of calamity at this instant, how afraid I am of myself

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

On the brink of some explanation, she seemed to recoil from it.

I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context

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