on one’s last legs



on one’s last legs

and on its last legs
mod. about to expire or become nonfunctional. This car is on its last legs. We have to get a new one.
See also: last, leg, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BarbBAHRBEnglish
Narcisonahr-CHEE-so (Italian), nahr-THEE-so (Spanish), nahr-SEE-so (Latin American Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
ArtemisAHR-tə-mis (English)Greek Mythology, Greek
Themis-Greek Mythology
Ovidio-Italian, Spanish
Lyudmyla-Ukrainian