nær dauða en lífi

Icelandic

Etymology

Literally, “closer to death than to life”.

Idiom

nær dauða en lífi

  1. (idiomatic) half-dead
    Eftir hlaupið var ég nær dauða en lífi.
    I was half-dead after that run.
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