Noun
jaws of death pl (plural only)
(poetic, figuratively, cliche) A very narrowly avoided, or close to, fatal situation.
“Those men, who were completely strangers, saved us, and we are so grateful to them, and want to thank them,” Dellis said, grateful that all of them faced the jaws of death, and lived to tell the tale. Source: Internet
"If you're going to snap someone, bring them back from the jaws of death with a drug and not deal with why they just died, then you're going to do it all over again," Dana Hansen said. Source: Internet