jaws of death
English
Noun
jaws of death pl (plural only)
- (poetic, figuratively, cliche) A very narrowly avoided, or close to, fatal situation.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- "And then at last I see him, and behold, my chance is gone but by a hair's breadth even before I have it, for he is in the very jaws of death, whence no power of mine can draw him."
Related terms
- gates of death
- gates of Hell