on one's last legs

Meaning: (idiomatic)About todie.1824,Sir Walter Scott, chapter 6, inSt. Ronan's Well:[A] friend who assists me with a view to future profit . . . lies like the fox's scent whenon his last legs, increasing every moment.1913,Jack London, chapter 6, inThe Valley of the Moon:He ison his last legs. His kidneys are 'most gone. Remember, 'tis I must bury him.; (idiomatic,by extension)About to loseviabilityor becomedefunct.My computer'son its last legs; it crashes running Minesweeper.1905,Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Beach of Falesa”, inIsland Nights' Entertainments:[T]he wood was main dark, but had a kind of a low glow in it like a fireon its last legs.

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