English-German translations for on the verge of

• kurz davor
  Ich muss Sie daran erinnern, dass sich das Land vor sechs Monaten im freien Fall befand und kurz davor war, in totales Chaos zu verfallen. I must remind you that six months ago, the country was in freefall and on the verge of falling into chaos.
  Herr Präsident, nach einer langen, ermüdenden Debatte stehen wir jetzt kurz davor, die Position des Parlaments in erster Lesung anzunehmen. Mr President, following a long, tiring debate, we are on the verge of adopting Parliament's position at first reading.
  Es erscheint mir, daß wir kurz davor sind, uns auf all das zu einigen, und die Erklärungen des Herrn Kommissars waren überaus hilfreich. It seems to me that we are on the verge of agreeing on all this, and what the Commissioner has said has been extremely helpful.
• nahe
  Meine Fraktion und ich fürchten, dass die EU im Fall von Togo nahe daran ist, eben das zu tun. My group and I fear that in the case of Togo the EU could be on the verge of doing precisely that.

Definition of on the verge of

• Almost at the beginning of

Examples

• He was finally on the verge of success.
• Every time I thought he was on the verge of telling us, he decided to say something else instead.

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