At Death's Door (A Common English Idiom) | Learn American English in 1 Minute a Day

A common English idiom is, at death's door. It means that someone is quite sick and may be close to dying. At death's door meaning: Close to dying. At death's door origin: Death and an entryway (door) became associated with each other in England in the 1300s. At death, some people think that you go through a door of some kind to the next life. At death's door examples: "My friend is at death's door. I'm not sure she's going to make it." "My grandpa was at death's door for months but he surprisingly recovered." --------------------------------------- Another popular American idiom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXgwNIMG1-s -------------------------------------- Want to find out more? Check out: https://eslspeaking.org/american-english-idioms/ The Big Book of American Idioms: https://amzn.to/3o6YxZi Even more Ideas for the TEFL Classroom: https://eslspeaking.org/ https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ #learningenglishwithjackie #idioms #englishidioms #idiom #learnenglish ---------------------------------------- Learn English here: https://eslspeaking.org/confusing-words-in-english/ --------------------------------------- More idioms from @Antonio Parlati (Learn English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS-5D7HLmuI --------------------------------------- Transcript for at death's door idiom: Hi everybody, it's Jackie from eslspeaking.org. Today's idiom is, "At death's door." At death's door. So throughout history, a door often signified someone going from life to death. This is in various countries, and different religions, so that's where this idiom comes from. So here are some example sentences: "My grandpa is at death's door." It means that he's very, very, very sick and close to dying. O"Ugh, I'm at death's door after that marathon." So I ran a marathon and I could say, "Oh, I'm at death's door." It means that I feel terrible. I'm not actually going to die but I feel really bad. If you like this video, please hit like, subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a comment. And also be sure to check out my book: The Big Book of American Idioms.