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1on your/its last legs — see ↑leg, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑last on your/its last legs informal : very close to failure, exhaustion, or death The company is on its last legs. He was on his last legs, but he managed to finish the race …
2on 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 …
3on 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 …
4be on its last legs — informal if a machine is on its last legs, it is in bad condition because it is old and it will probably stop working soon. We ve had the same vacuum cleaner for twenty years now and it s on its last legs …
5on 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 …
6on its last legs — about to stop working. We ve had the same vacuum cleaner for twenty years now and it s on its last legs …
7on its last legs — informal old, in bad condition, and not likely to continue working The video is on its last legs – I m not sure if it will record or not …
8on one's or its last legs — idi on one s or its last legs, just short of exhaustion, breakdown, failure, etc …
9(be) on its last legs — be on your/its last ˈlegs idiom to be going to die or stop functioning very soon; to be very weak or in bad condition Main entry: ↑lastidiom …
10on one's last legs — I. phrasal : at or near the end of one s resources : on the verge of failure, exhaustion, or ruin the old car was on its last legs II. phrasal : near death, extinction, or defeat looking like he was on his last legs J.T.Farrell …
