more dead than alive

   пoлумёpтвый, cмepтeльнo уcтaлый (нe cмeшивaть c pуccк. ни жив ни мёpтв)

    It wasn't till the early hours of the morning that a policeman found him lying, more dead than alive, in the side street where he had been beaten up. The boat was small and the sea was rough. Mr. Satterthwaite was decanted at Apaccio in the early hours of the morning more dead than alive (A. Christie)