死線

しせん【死線】

¶彼女は～をさまよっていた

She was threatened with death.

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しせん【死線】

1 〔生死の境; 生死に関わる危機〕 the borderline between life and death; the verge [brink] of death.

●死線をさまよう hover between life and death; linger on the brink [verge] of death

・死線を越える cross the borderline between life and death and come back alive; survive a life-or-death crisis

・彼は幾度か死線を越えてきた人だ. He has been face to face with death several times.

2 〔捕虜収容所などでそれを越えると銃殺される線〕 a deadline (around a prison).