borrowed Idiom, Proverb
something borrowed, something blue
live on borrowed time
Idiom(s): live on borrowed timeTheme: DOOM
to live longer than circumstances warrant.
• John has a terminal disease, and he's living on borrowed time.
• This project is living on borrowed time. It is overdue for completion.
live on borrowed time|borrowed time|live|time
v. phr. To live or last longer than was expected. Ever since his operation, Harvey felt he was living on borrowed time. Mr. Brown was living on borrowed time because a year ago the doctors had told him he would only live six months.on borrowed time, live
on borrowed time, liveOutlive reasonable expectations, as in Our twenty-year-old car is living on borrowed time, or The vet said our dog is living on borrowed time. This expression alludes to time borrowed from death. [Late 1800s]
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