П-376

НА ПОРОГЕ lit PrepP Invar

1. \П-376 чего (the resulting PrepP is adv or subj-compl with copula (subj: human or collect) ) in the period or stage immediately preceding sth. : on the threshold (the verge, the brink) of

на пороге смерти = at deathfc door.

Абрам Менделевич стал ему рассказывать, что мы находимся «на пороге открытия новой науки»... (Копелев 1). Abram Mendelevich began telling him that we were "on the threshold of discovering a new science..." (1a).

(Андрей:) Итак, Кавалеров, мы находимся на пороге великих событий (Олеша 6). (A.:) So, Kavalerov, we're on the verge of great things, eh? (6a).

2. ( subj-compl with бытье, стоять ( subj: abstr) ) very near, very soon to come

X на пороге = X is very close (near) at hand

X is right on the doorstep X is just (a)round the corner X is (knocking) at s.o. (the) door.

Потеплело, растаял снег - весна была на пороге. It got warmer and the snow melted-spring was just around the corner.