jaws of death

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A very narrowly avoided fatal or near-fatal situation. figuratively,plural,plural-only,poetic
    — "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."
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