餓が死し寸すん前ぜん

noun

on the verge of starvation; about to starve

Describes a critical state of extreme hunger, often used hyperbolically or in serious contexts such as famine or poverty.

• 遭そう難なん者しゃは餓が死し寸すん前ぜんの状じょう態たいで発はっ見けんされた。

  The survivor was found on the verge of starvation.

• 給きゅう料りょう日び前まえで、餓が死し寸すん前ぜんだよ。

  I'm about to starve before payday.