two of the things required for a happy wedding and successful marriage The bride borrowed a blue garter, so she has something borrowed, something blue!
live on borrowed time
Idiom(s): live on borrowed time
Theme: DOOM
to live longer than circumstances warrant. • John has a terminal disease, and he's living on borrowed time. • This project is living on borrowed time. It is overdue for completion.
live on borrowed time|borrowed time|live|time
v. phr. To live or last longer than was expected. Ever since his operation, Harvey felt he was living on borrowed time.Mr. Brown was living on borrowed time because a year ago the doctors had told him he would only live six months.
on borrowed time, live
on borrowed time, live Outlive reasonable expectations, as in Our twenty-year-old car is living on borrowed time, or The vet said our dog is living on borrowed time. This expression alludes to time borrowed from death. [Late 1800s]
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