running on fumes



running on fumes

continuing to do something when you have almost no energy left After two straight games against top teams, the Tigers were running on fumes and lost on Saturday night.
See also: fume, on, running

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mayumah-yooJapanese
Deloradə-LAWR-əEnglish
PÀL-Scottish
Gennadiyagye-NAH-dee-yah, gee-NAH-dee-yahRussian
AntonAHN-tawn (German), ahn-TON (Russian, Ukrainian), AHN-ton (Finnish)German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Macedo
Pankaj-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali