on your last legs

informal

a) TIREDvery tired 很疲倦的

Sarah looks as if she’s on her last legs.

萨拉看上去似乎很疲惫。

b) ILLvery ill and likely to die soon 病危的

Examples from the Corpus

on your last legs• Sarah looks as if she's on her last legs.• It was a nightmare, anyone reading the papers would think I was on my last legs.• Martin Glimmer is the 50-something horn player on his last legs.• The battery, like the torch's owner, was on its last legs.• The fenders flapped in the breeze, and the engine coughed and wheezed like an old man on his last legs.• Without some fresh thinking the G8 is probably on its last legs as an effective body.• His exit, when he truly is on his last legs, is his most effective gambit.• It's an old established set-up, but I reckon it's on its last legs now.

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单词	on your last legs
释义	on your last legs on your last legs informal a) TIREDvery tired 很疲倦的 Sarah looks as if she’s on her last legs. 萨拉看上去似乎很疲惫。 b) ILLvery ill and likely to die soon 病危的 Examples from the Corpus on your last legs• Sarah looks as if she's on her last legs.• It was a nightmare, anyone reading the papers would think I was on my last legs.• Martin Glimmer is the 50-something horn player on his last legs.• The battery, like the torch's owner, was on its last legs.• The fenders flapped in the breeze, and the engine coughed and wheezed like an old man on his last legs.• Without some fresh thinking the G8 is probably on its last legs as an effective body.• His exit, when he truly is on his last legs, is his most effective gambit.• It's an old established set-up, but I reckon it's on its last legs now. → on your last legs at last1(5)
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