on the brink of
at the door of
around the corner
on the horizon
on the boil
closish
at hand
on the point of
at the last minute
nearabout
pending
closeish
soonest
sooner rather than later
impendent
close up
at close range
impending
close at hand
imminent
last minute
fornigh
around
to come
just about
fisherman's soup
near
on the way
faster than a minnow can swim a dipper
around about
nearer
quickly
oncoming
semifinally
in no time
any minute now
coming on
imminentness
impendence
impendency
forthcomingness
imminency
imminence
impend
impendingly
any time now
latter
nearest
plesio-
the writing is on the wall