brink of disaster
- precipiceSteep rock face
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
- collapseSudden structural failure
verge · ruin · abyss · crisis · calamity · peril · cliff · threshold · doom · meltdown · downfall · impending · looming · danger · chaos · freefall · imminent · tipping point
proximity to catastrophe
brink of disasterout of danger
out of the woods · in the clear · safe and sound · home free · smooth sailing
trajectory/momentum
brink of disasteron the rise
Becoming greater or more
turning the corner · ascendant · upward trajectory · on the mend · rising tide
stability/precariousness
brink of disasterrock solid
Utterly reliable and stable
firmly established · on an even keel · steady state · firm ground · stable condition