be on last legs
1last legs — If you are on your last legs, you are in a very weak condition or about to die. I was so sick that I felt as though I was on my last legs! …
2last legs — See on his last legs …
3on its last legs — 1 my car is on its last legs: DILAPIDATED, worn out, rickety, about to fall apart. 2 a foundry business on its last legs: FAILING, about to go bankrupt, near to ruin, going to the wall; informal going bust. → leg * * * on its last legs …
4on its last legs — • on one s last legs • on its last legs at the end of someone/something s strength or usefulness I think that his old car is on its last legs …
5be on last legs — be on (your) last legs 1. to be going to die soon. It looks as if her grandfather s on his last legs now. 2. to be very tired, especially after a lot of physical activity or work. I d just done fifteen miles and I was on my last legs …
6on its last legs — on one s last legs the barn is on its last legs Syn: dilapidated, worn out, rickety, about to fall apart, about to become obsolete; failing, dying, terminal, on one s deathbed …
7on your last legs — If someone s on their last legs, they re close to dying …
8on your last legs — If someone s on their last legs, they re close to dying. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
9on his last legs — very tired or old, at the end of his career Gordie was on his last legs, but he could still shoot hard …
10on our last legs — nearly dead or bankrupt, nearly done for Financially, we were on our last legs. We couldn t get a loan …
