If you say that someone or something is on the ~, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state.
I am sitting on the ~ of middle age...
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR
If you say that someone or something is on the ~, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state.
I am sitting on the ~ of middle age...
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012