プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
あわや【あわや】
nearly; on the verge ((of doing))
- あわやと思う間もなく
in an instant／in the twinkling of an eye／in no time at all - あわやおぼれるところだった
I nearly drowned. - あわやというところで助けてもらった
I was rescued just as I was on the verge [brink] of death.／((口)) I was saved just in the nick of time.