brink of ruin
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbrinkandruin
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brink
noun[S]
uk/brɪŋk/us/brɪŋk/
the point where a new or different situation is about ...
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ruin
noun
uk/ˈruː.ɪn/us/ˈruː.ɪn/
the process or state of being spoiled ...
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(Definition ofbrinkandruinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Burdened with high overheads and millions of dollars tied up in inventory, a number of these companies have been brought to thebrinkofruin.
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At this moment the whole industry, with the exception of a few very strongly capitalised members, is standing on thebrinkofruin.
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The consequence of this is to strike a handful of men whose businesses have literally been brought to thebrinkofruin.
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Their mentality we cannot understand, but their mentality may be right, although it brought this country to thebrinkofruinin 1931.
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Many firms in this country are not hovering so near thebrinkofruinthat one week's wages will put them out of business.
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The country was said to be on thebrinkofruin, but now we know that this was never true.
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Bus operators are often small or medium-sized companies which would be brought to thebrinkofruinby excessive claims for damages.
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He would say, not that we were on thebrinkofruin, but that we were submerged fathoms deep.
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Without the necessary structural changes, this money has clearly seeped away and, despite years of funding, the country has been brought to thebrinkofruin.
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In addition, his financial mismanagement, which brought the association to thebrinkofruinin the early 1950s, provided the grounds for his dismissal.
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