a lame duck

1. a person or company that is in trouble and needs help In under two years, it was transformed from a state-owned lame duck into a successful company.

2. someone, especially an elected official, who cannot influence events any more, often because their job is going to end soon The Mayor intends to run for re-election to avoid being thought of as a lame duck. (mainly American)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Feline	fe-LEE-nə	Dutch
Regina	rə-JEEN-ə (English), rə-GEEN-ə (English), rə-JIEN-ə (English), re-GEE-nah (German, Polish), re-JEE-nah (Italian), RE-gee-naw (Hungarian)	English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Swedish, Norweg
Ailie	['eili]
Dakota	də-KO-tə	English (Modern)
Juliet	['dʒu:ljət]
Ailill	AL-yil	Irish, Irish Mythology