on your last legs - idiom meaning?

Question

What is the meaning of "on your last legs" idiom?

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Being on your last legs can be a blessing or a curse depending on your perspective.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

to be on my last legs
to be on your last legs
to be on her last legs
to be on his last legs
to be on its last legs
to be on our last legs
to be on their last legs

 

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 2:

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Two friends are chatting over coffee ...

Friend 1: "How's your sewing project coming along?"
Friend 2:  "OK, I suppose.  The dress is taking longer to sew than I thought."
Friend 1:  "Why is that?"
Friend 1:  "Well, the sewing machine is old and it keeps breaking.  I fix it and then it breaks again.  Then it starts skipping stitches.  I'm afraid that my sewing machine is on its last legs.

Answer 5

Idiom Scenario 1:

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After a three thousand kilometer family vacation, the family car had had three flat tires.  The car had broken down two times and the windshield wipers were broken.  The transmission was slipping.  The car was running very poorly but the family was almost home.

Unfortunately, the car was on its last legs.

Answer 6

Idiom Definition:

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"to be on your last legs"

to be very near the end of something
to be almost finished or broken
 

Synonyms: death rattle, death song, death throes, done, drained, dying breath, empty, exhausted, finish, finished, final twitch, final words, gone, last gasp, last hurrah, last words, spent, through, swan song, wiped, wrecked