-die;breatheone'slast;death;doom;dysthanasia;abiosis;end;meetone'sdeath;thelast[long;eternal]sleep;thelastgreatchange;never-endingsleep;sleepinthegrave;takeone'slastsleep;popoff;kickthebucket;passaway;gotohell;gowest;ceasetobe;gotoheaven:
struggleforexistenceonthevergeofdeath;struggletostaveoffstarvation;挣扎在死亡线上
snatchthepatientfromthejawsofdeath把病人从死亡的边缘抢救过来