(~s)
If you say that someone is a ~, you mean that they are about to die, or are in such danger that nobody can save them. (INFORMAL)
She fell so heavily I thought she was a ~.
N-COUNT
(~s)
If you say that someone is a ~, you mean that they are about to die, or are in such danger that nobody can save them. (INFORMAL)
She fell so heavily I thought she was a ~.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012