skraj Anglais:

The company is on the verge of bankruptcy.

She was on verge of fainting.

Some wild animals are on the verge of extinction.

I hear his business is on the verge of ruin.

She is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Our firm is on the verge of bankruptcy, I'm ashamed to say.

In adolescence, I hated life and was continually on the verge of suicide, from which, however, I was restrained by the desire to know more mathematics.

He was on the verge of revealing the secret when a sharp look from Martha shut him up.

verge of tears- na skraju łez

National economies were bankrupt, civil societies fragile, and social services on the verge of collapse.

The car stopped on the verge of the road.

to be on a verge

We might all be on the verge of going to prison.

I don't know about you but I'm on the verge of a breakdow

They set up camp on the verge of the desert.

The jagged edge ripped a hole in his trousers.

The company's competitive edge will be eroded if system engineers continue to leave.

life on the edge

They shall no longer say: ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’

He's a little on edge today. I wouldn't rattle his cage if I were you.

While one of them sped around major parts of the property on the mower, a second made a few sweeps at some tall weeds on the edge of my wife's garden, and the third got into the truck and smoked a cigarette.

I'd get a soup plate and then slide the glass very carefully over to the edge of the table, and let the water run into the soup plate - it doesn't have to run onto the floor.

The knife's serrated edge makes it perfect for cutting such things as bread.

If you repeat a joke two hundred fifty six times, it will set everybody's teeth on edge.

edge (n)

The world edges and there's nothing you can do about it.

Toe boards: the upper edge must be at least 15 cm above the standing surface

You may see some edge cases that weren't clear enough in the beginning

writing with a satirical edge; her voice had an edge to it

When we were on the brink of starvation, they saved our lives.

In 1939, as in 1914, the world was on the brink of war.

Let us hope the world will never be on the brink of a nuclear war.

on the brink of despair

South Sudan, the world's newest nation, not yet three years old, is on the brink of catastrophe.

He stood on the brink of the cliff and carefully looked over

The company was close to disaster but the new director brought it back from the brink.

He is shivering on the brink.

Due to total russification in Belarus, the Belarusian language is at the brink of extinction.

The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Matsui pulled the Giants back from the brink with a grand slam that gave them a come-from-behind victory.