Tom açlığın eşiğindeydi.
- Tom was on the verge of starvation.
Babamın şirketi iflasın eşiğindedir.
- My father's company is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Çocuklar ağlamak üzereydi.
- The children were on the verge of crying.
Liisa ağlamak üzereydi.
- Liisa was on the verge of tears.
Every time I thought he was on the verge of telling us, he decided to say something else instead.
... was $1.80, $1.86. Why is that? Because the economy was on the verge of collapse, because ...