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быть на грани stresses
gen.	be on the verge of; be next door to (чего-либо); be on the verge of (чего-либо); go near to doing; border (on, upon); go near to doing (пороге, чего-либо); be verging (on bookworm); be on the brink (of ... – .. чего-либо ; BBC News Alex_Odeychuk); be on the edge of doing something (чего-либо); be next door to something (чего-либо); be on the verge of something (пороге, чего-либо)
busin.	be on the brink of
idiom.	stretched thin (Taras); stretched too thin (Yeldar Azanbayev); be at the end of your rope (I’m at the end of my rope with these new rules! D. Zolottsev)
inf.	come (чего-либо)
Makarov.	go near to doing something (чего-либо); trench (чего-либо); trench on (чего-либо); trench upon (чего-либо); come near to doing something (чего-либо); be on the edge of doing something; be on the verge of something (чего-либо); border on; border upon; verge on something (чего-либо)
Makarov., inf.	come near (чего-либо)
rhetor.	be at the limit (CNN, 2021 Alex_Odeychuk)
scient.	go right up to the edge of (открытия и т.п. A.Rezvov); come just to the edge of (открытия и т.п. A.Rezvov)

быть на грани: 63 phrases in 14 subjects

American usage, not spelling	1
Business	4
Diplomacy	2
Economy	1
Figurative	1
Finances	2
General	24
Idiomatic	2
Informal	1
Makarov	21
Mass media	1
Politics	1
Rhetoric	1
Vulgar	1