Within an inch of (one's) life phrase
To the point where one's life is near death
I was within an inch of my life when his car hit mine.
I barely could breathe because of the smoke, I thought I came within an inch of my life. Luckily, the firefighter rescued me before I fainted.
Her husband beat her to within an inch of her life.
The inexplicable or concealed place or state indicates the afterlife.
To pour concrete over a dead body
1. Used to refer to a point where a process or an activity ends
2. Used to refer to a point where someone no longer survives; death
People tend to like forbidden or illegal things just because they are forbidden or illegal.
He must have believed that stolen fruit is the sweetest, and he, therefore, cheated on his partner.