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| be on the verge of; be next door to (чего-либо); be on the verge of (чего-либо); go near to doing; border (on, upon); go near to doing (пороге, чего-либо); be verging (on bookworm); be on the brink (of ... – .. чего-либо ; BBC News Alex_Odeychuk); be on the edge of doing something (чего-либо); be next door to something (чего-либо); be on the verge of something (пороге, чего-либо); be on the edge of doing (smth.); verge (to be on the border (of) • She is verging on insanity); be close to (to be close to despair – быть на грани отчаяния • economy is close to collapse – экономика на грани краха Taras) | |||
| be on the brink of | |||
| stretched thin (Taras); stretched too thin (Yeldar Azanbayev); be at the end of your rope (I’m at the end of my rope with these new rules! D. Zolottsev) | |||
| come (чего-либо) | |||
| go near to doing something (чего-либо); trench (чего-либо); trench on (чего-либо); trench upon (чего-либо); come near to doing something (чего-либо); be on the edge of doing something; be on the verge of something (чего-либо); border on; border upon; verge on something (чего-либо) | |||
| come near (чего-либо) | |||
| be at the limit (CNN, 2021 Alex_Odeychuk) | |||
| go right up to the edge of (открытия и т.п. A.Rezvov); come just to the edge of (открытия и т.п. A.Rezvov) | |||
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быть на грани : 66 phrases in 14 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 1 |
| Business | 4 |
| Diplomacy | 2 |
| Economics | 1 |
| Figurative | 1 |
| Finances | 2 |
| General | 26 |
| Idiomatic | 2 |
| Informal | 1 |
| Makarov | 21 |
| Mass media | 1 |
| Politics | 1 |
| Rhetoric | 2 |
| Vulgar | 1 |