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НА КРАЮ ГИБЕЛИ (ПРОПАСТИ) PrepP these forms only usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: human or collect) fixed WOone is very close to serious, mortal dangeron the brink (the verge) of disaster (catastrophe, ruin)on the edge (the brink) of the (an) abyss on the edge of the precipice.Во время войн в Италии он несколько раз находится на краю гибели и всякий раз спасается неожиданным образом (Толстой 7). During the wars in Italy he is several times on the brink of disaster and each time is saved in some unexpected way (7a).(Лунц) всё рос да рос и уж совсем, видимо, стал считать себя неуязвимым, как вдруг в один миг оказался на краю пропасти (Буковский 1). Lunts...continued to grow and grow, and it seems that he had already come to regard himself as invulnerable, when suddenly, overnight, he found himself on the edge of an abyss (1a). -
2 на краю гибели
• НА КРАЙ ГИБЕЛИ < ПРОПАСТИ>[PrepP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: human or collect); fixed WO]=====⇒ one is very close to serious, mortal danger:- on the brink < the verge> of disaster (catastrophe, ruin);- on the edge of the precipice.♦ Во время войн в Италии он несколько раз находится на краю гибели и всякий раз спасается неожиданным образом (Толстой 7). During the wars in Italy he is several times on the brink of disaster and each time is saved in some unexpected way (7a).♦ [Лунц] всё рос да рос и уж совсем, видимо, стал считать себя неуязвимым, как вдруг в один миг оказался на краю пропасти (Буковский 1). Lunts...continued to grow and grow, and it seems that he had already come to regard himself as invulnerable, when suddenly, overnight, he found himself on the edge of an abyss (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на краю гибели
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• НА КРАЙ ГИБЕЛИ < ПРОПАСТИ>[PrepP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: human or collect); fixed WO]=====⇒ one is very close to serious, mortal danger:- on the brink < the verge> of disaster (catastrophe, ruin);- on the edge of the precipice.♦ Во время войн в Италии он несколько раз находится на краю гибели и всякий раз спасается неожиданным образом (Толстой 7). During the wars in Italy he is several times on the brink of disaster and each time is saved in some unexpected way (7a).♦ [Лунц] всё рос да рос и уж совсем, видимо, стал считать себя неуязвимым, как вдруг в один миг оказался на краю пропасти (Буковский 1). Lunts...continued to grow and grow, and it seems that he had already come to regard himself as invulnerable, when suddenly, overnight, he found himself on the edge of an abyss (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на краю пропасти
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