on its last legs



on 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.
See also: last, leg, on

on its last legs

verb
See also: last, leg, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LaiaLAH-yəCatalan
Debdas-Bengali
SÉArlasSHAHR-lasIrish
BlumaBLOO-mahYiddish
BernhardBERN-hahrt (German)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic
Zhelyazko-Bulgarian