Last Updated :2025/08/27
CEFR: B2

avoir un pied dans la tombe

Verb
figuratively informal

(比喩的に、口語的に)墓に片足を突っ込んでいる

English Meaning
(figuratively, informal) to have one foot in the grave
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今、とても高齢になった祖父は、まるで死が目前に迫っているかのような兆候を見せ始めています.

My grandfather, now very old, is beginning to show signs of having one foot in the grave.

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(比喩的に、口語的に)墓に片足を突っ込んでいる

(比喩的に、口語的に)墓に片足を突っ込んでいる

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avoir un pied dans la tombe

Mon grand-père, maintenant très âgé, commence à montrer des signes d'avoir un pied dans la tombe.

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今、とても高齢になった祖父は、まるで死が目前に迫っているかのような兆候を見せ始めています.

今、とても高齢になった祖父は、まるで死が目前に迫っているかのような兆候を見せ始めています.

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Mon grand-père, maintenant très âgé, commence à montrer des signes d'avoir un pied dans la tombe.

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