VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Living on Borrowed Time

Meaning:

Following an illness or near-death experience, may people believe they have cheated death

Examples:

  • He was living on borrowed time, and everyone in my family knew it.
  • This realm of yours is living on borrowed time.
  • I guess I've just been living on borrowed time.
  • You and I both know I'm living on borrowed time.
  • That means you've been living on borrowed time for 12 years.
  • That means you've been living on borrowed time for 12 years.
  • The threat is real. In a sense, we are living on borrowed time.
  • He's living on borrowed time and she knows it.
  • It means we are living on borrowed time, all of us.
  • They are living on borrowed time and know that their days are numbered.