English
Adjective
on the brink (comparative more on the brink, superlative most on the brink)
- (idiomatic) Very nearly; imminent; close.
- The old building seemed to be on the brink of collapse.
Translations
very near to
- Bulgarian: на прага на (na praga na)
- Czech: na pokraji
- Danish: på vippen
- Finnish: partaalla
- Greek: στο χείλος (sto cheílos)
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- Latin: (used a verb in perifatic) futurus sum (i am on the brink of be), (used a verb in perifrastic) futurus sum (i am on brink to be)
- Portuguese: à beira de
- Russian: на гра́ни (na gráni)
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