be getting closer and closer to the coffin -- to be fast approaching death; as though about to die; be drawing near the coffin [grave]; be hastening to the tomb; be near one's end [death]; be on one's last legs; be on the threshold of the grave; have one foot in the grave; on the verge of extinction; one's days are numbered.; will soon be in one's grave
Related Translations:
行将: [书面语] about to; on the verge of 短语和例子行将崩溃 be about to collapse; 行将灭亡 on the verge of extinction; 行将完成 approach completion; 该公司行将破产。 the company is on the verge of insolvency