live on borrowed time
live on borrowed time {v. phr.}
To live or last longer than was expected.
Ever since his operation, Harvey felt he was living on borrowed time.
Mr. Brown was living on borrowed time because a year ago the doctors had told him he would only live six months.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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