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in jeopardy
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near death
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on one's deathbed
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one foot in grave(expression, adjective, idiom, failing, fading)
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pinched
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slipping
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straitened
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terminal
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threatened
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up against it(expression, idiom)
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at death's door
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at end of rope(expression, adjective, idiom, failing, fading)
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bad
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between two fires(expression, idiom)
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