be on last legs



be on your last legs

 
1. (informal) to be going to die soon It looks as if her grandfather's on his last legs now.
2. (informal) 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.
See also: last, leg, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Otokar-Czech
Colombina-Italian
Ardeshir-Persian
Flaviefla-VEEFrench
Feliciafə-LEE-shə (English), fe-LEE-thyah (Spanish), fe-LEE-syah (Latin American Spanish), fe-LEE-chyah (Romanian), fe-LEE-see-ah (Swedish)English, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman
Cadogan-Welsh, Irish