on the verge

English

Prepositional phrase

on the verge

1. Used other than as an idiom: see on,‎ verge.
2. (followed by of) Almost at the beginning of.

   He was finally on the verge of success.

   Every time I thought he was on the verge of telling us, he decided to say something else instead.

Translations

almost at the beginning

• Finnish: vähällä (fi); see also: tekemäisillään (fi)
• French: sur le point (fr)
• German: kurz davor

• Latin: (used a verb in perifrastic) futurus sum (la) (i m on the verge of be)
• Russian: на грани (ru) (na gráni) (+ genitive case)

See also

• on the brink
• on the point