my life was ebbing away [, when fate saved it.]
Explanation: 1. ebb е много подходящ глагол в случая: OED: ebb, v. (ɛb) Forms: 1 ebbian, 2–5 ebben, 5–6 ebbe, 7– ebb. [OE. ebbian, f. ebb n.; cf. OE. a-ebbian, be-ebbian to strand a ship; also OHG. fir-ebbita ‘deferbuerat’, and MHG. (rare—1) eppen to ebb.] 1.1 intr. To flow back or recede, as the water of the sea or a tidal river: frequent in phrase, to ebb and flow. Also with away, down, off, out. a 1000 Cædmon's Gen. (Gr.) 1413 Lago ebbade sweart under sweᴁle. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 161 Þe sæ floweð and ebbeð. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 1216 The se, aftir the tydes certayn, Ebbes and flowes. 1375 Barbour Bruce xvii. 425 The se wes ebbit sa. c 1435 Torr. Portugal 223 The see wase ebbyd. 1588 Shakes. L.L.L. iv. iii. 216 The will ebbe and flow. 1635 N. Carpenter Geog. Del. ii. vi. 86 In some narrow seas the sea seauen times a day ebbs and flowes. 1721 Perry Daggenh. Breach 121 Ships‥may lie afloat, and not have the Water ebb'd away from them. 1835 Sir J. Ross N.-W. Passage v. 59 The water might ebb another fathom. 1855 Maury Phys. Geog. ix. (1860) §429 The tides ebbed and flowed in it. b.1.b transf. Of a ship: To sink with the tide. Of water: To sink lower. Of blood: To flow away. c 1374 Chaucer Troylus iv. 1145 Ebben gan the well Of hir teares. 1375 Barbour Bruce xvii. 421 Quhill that scho [the ship] ebbit on the ground. 1655 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Inv. lvii, The water standing at a level, if a Globe be cast in‥it presently Ebbeth. 1810 Scott Lady of L. iii. viii, [He] eyed The life-blood ebb in crimson tide. 2.2 fig. To take a backward or downward course; to decay, decline; to fade or waste away. Also with away, down, off, out. a 1420 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 4828 When that richesses ebben and abate. 1566 Drant Horace's Med. Morall To Rdr. 3 Helpyng hym to ebbe, and helpyng hym to rise. 1633 T. James Voy. 12 After full sea, our hopes ebde too. 1681 Dryden Abs. & Achit. 226 Kingly power, thus ebbing out. 1713 Young Last Day ii. 325 My passions ebb and flow At Thy command. 1720 De Foe Capt. Singleton x. (1840) 170 As my money declined, their respect would ebb with it. 1833 H. Martineau Vanderput & S. ix. 137 As his strength ebbed away. 1875 B. Taylor Faust I. i. 29 My spirit's flood tide ebbeth more and more. 3.3 trans. a.3.a To hem in (fish) with stakes and nets so that they cannot go back to sea with the ebb-tide; see ebbing vbl. n. 2. b.3.b To hem in (the tide) with sandbanks. c.3.c (See quot. 1877.) 1827 Hardman Waterloo 12 Driving that sand along towards the sea shore, To ebb the tide fast in. 1877 Holderness Gloss. (E.D.S.), Ebb, to gather fish-bait. So termed on account of its being done whilst the tide is ebbing. 2. И още един (по-директен и разпространен) вариант: my life was slipping away [, when the unexpected twist of fate saved it.]
Example sentence(s):- Jonah 2:7 'When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.'
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