on the brink

With Murray cooking the Clippers for a series-high 43 points, they trail the best-of-seven series 3-2 and are on the brink of being eliminated in the first round for the third straight season.

Like, we're on the brink of recession.

After the Lakers’ 116-113 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, however, Johnson had something of substance to say about a decision made by his beloved team, which is now on the brink of playoff elimination.

For families living on the brink, a this news is “very scary,” said Scarborough: Missing work could cost them their job, and eventually their home.

But the need to make that plea speaks to the limits of the Pope's power, as there are now fears the country could be on the brink of another civil war.