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on one's last legs Jul 26th 2011, 00:41 * ← Older revision Revision as of 00:41, 26 July 2011 Line 5: Line 5: # {{idiomatic}} About to [[die]]. # {{idiomatic}} About to [[die]].   + #* '''1824''', [[w:Sir Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott]], ''St. Ronan's Well'', ch. 6:   + #*: [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.   + #* '''1913''', [[w:Jack London|Jack London]], ''The Valley of the Moon'', ch. 6:   + #*: He is '''on his last legs'''. His kidneys are 'most gone. Remember, 'tis I must bury him. # {{idiomatic|by extension}} About to lose [[viability]] or become [[defunct]]. # {{idiomatic|by extension}} About to lose [[viability]] or become [[defunct]].   + #* '''1905''', [[w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson]], "The Beach of Falesa" in ''Island Nights' Entertainments'':   + #*: [T]he wood was main dark, but had a kind of a low glow in it like a fire '''on its last legs'''.

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