knock on heaven's door
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[edit]knock on heaven's door (third-person singular simple present knocks on heaven's door, present participle knocking on heaven's door, simple past and past participle knocked on heaven's door)
- (idiomatic) To die or be close to death.
- 2011, Lesley Ann Eden, Beyond Belief in the Land of Rhythm, page 200:
- I had knocked on heaven's door but they didn't let me in!
- 2022, Jack Woodside, P.O.S.H. Portside Out – Starboard Home My Life Story:
- During my stay in the high dependency ward I also knocked on heaven's door. At one point I had to be resuscitated and after being resuscitated I found one of the resuscitation discs still on my chest.