English Dictionary

on one's last legs

前置詞句

慣用表現 広義

(idiomatic) About to die. / (idiomatic, by extension) About to lose viability or become defunct.

日本語の意味

もうすぐ死にかけている状態 / 存続や機能が著しく低下し、間もなく使えなくなる状態

After months of nonstop travel, being on one's last legs is understandable.

何か月も休みなく旅した後で、瀕死の状態になるのは理解できる。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) About to die.

[A] friend who assists me with a view to future profit . . . lies like the fox's scent when on his last legs, increasing every moment.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) About to lose viability or become defunct.

[T]he wood was main dark, but had a kind of a low glow in it like a fire on its last legs.