| 词汇 | on-its-last-legs |
| 释义 | on its last legsidiom informal Something that is on its last legs is in such bad condition that it will soon be unable to work as it should: 快用坏了，快用到头了 I've had this laptop for five years now, and it's really on its last legs.这个笔记本电脑我已经用了5年了，现在的确是快要报废了。 In bad condition battered battle-scarred be on the skidsidiom beat someone up blasted have seen better daysidiom hors de combat impaired in decay in good, bad, etc. repairidiom run someone/something down sad scarred scuffed shabbily the worse for wearidiom well worn worm-eaten worn out worse on its last legs | American Dictionaryon its last legsidiom weak or in very bad condition: My car is on its last legs, but I'll drive it until it won't go any farther. Examples of on its last legson its last legs We are starting from a long way back with renewables and the coal industry, sadly, seems to be onitslastlegs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The tree was of course onitslastlegs! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not an industry that is onitslastlegs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1893, when agriculture was onitslastlegs, there was a stable currency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was onitslastlegs then, and one hoped that the gesture might help, but it died out in 1979. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thankfully, it is onitslastlegs and new provision is being made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We live in a society which, capitalistically, is onitslastlegs throughout the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not do to go about talking as if the industry were onitslastlegs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Autocracy of that kind is onitslastlegs everywhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everyone is well aware that the common agricultural policy is onitslastlegs. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Despite that, our critics say that the privatisation programme is onitslastlegs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The hop industry is more or less onitslastlegs, and it is important that something should be done without delay to help it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reaction was so strong because everyone knew that this plant was not onitslastlegs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His business was onitslastlegs, and once he retired he would be left with no house, no business, no capital—nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of the industry agrees that induced pricing and the allocation system is onitslastlegs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of on its last legs These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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