HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE

Meaning of HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE in English

humorous

be very old or ill.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE — ( informal ) to be so old or ill / sick that you are not likely to live much longer
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE — стоять одной ногой в могиле
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE — стоять одной ногой в могиле
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE — стоять одной ногой в могиле
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE — стоять одной ногой в могиле
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE — стоять одной ногой в могиле
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HAVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRAVE — adj I. heavy; II. grave (1. solemn, important; 2. low-pitched, deep); accento grave [Gram.] grave accent
Interlingua English vocab
FOOT — I End part of the leg , consisting of the heel, arch, and toes, on which a person stands. Its …
Английский словарь Британика
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAVE — I. (|)hav, (|)hev; as an auxiliary “ or _(h)əv or after a vowel v; before “to” usually |haf or |hef …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRAVE — I. grave ˈgrāv verb ( graved -vd ; grav·en -vən ; or graved ; graving ; graves ) Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOOT — I. ˈfu̇t, usu -u̇d.+V noun ( plural feet ˈfēt usu -ēd.+V ; also foot ; see numbered senses ) Usage: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Английский словарь Webster
GRAVE
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAVE — /hav/ ; unstressed /heuhv, euhv/ ; for 26 usually /haf/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. have …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRAVE
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOOT — /foot/ , n. , pl. feet for 1-4, 8-11, 16, 19, 21; foots for 20; v. n. 1. (in vertebrates) …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRAVE — I. grave ˈgrāv transitive verb ( graved ; grav·en ˈgrā-vən ; or graved ; grav·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOOT — I. ˈfu̇t noun ( plural feet ˈfēt ; also foot ) Etymology: Middle English fot, from Old English fōt; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRAVE
Webster English vocab
FOOT — noun the lower edge of a sail. 2. foot ·vt the size or strike with the talon. 3. foot ·vt …
Webster English vocab
GRAVE — [grave] vt graved ; grav.en or graved ; grav.ing [ME, fr. OE grafan; akin to OHG graban to dig, OCS …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOOT — [foot] n, pl feet also foot [ME fot, fr. OE fot; akin to OHG fuot foot, L ped-, pes, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOOT — plural feet in anatomy, terminal part of the leg of a land vertebrate, on which the creature stands. In most …
Britannica English vocabulary
GRAVE — I grave noun 'burial place'; adjective 'serious'; verb BrE AmE ɡreɪv ▷ graved ɡreɪvd ▷ graver ˈɡreɪv ə AmE - …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GRAVE — I . *grave / greɪv; NAmE / noun , adjective —see also grave (II) ■ noun 1. a place in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAVE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOT — / fʊt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. feet / fiːt; NAmE /) PART OF BODY 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HAVE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRAVE — I. grave 1 /ɡreɪv/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: græf ] 1 . the place …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOOT — I. foot 1 S1 W1 /fʊt/ BrE AmE noun ( plural feet /fiːt/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRAVE — adj. & n. --adj. 1 a serious, weighty, important (a grave matter). b dignified, solemn, sombre (a grave look). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRAVE — n. 1 a a trench dug in the ground to receive a coffin on burial. b a mound or memorial …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOOT — n. & v. --n. (pl. feet) 1 a the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle. b the part …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRAVE — adj. & n. adj. 1 a serious, weighty, important (a grave matter). b dignified, solemn, sombre (a grave look). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRAVE — n. 1 a a trench dug in the ground to receive a coffin on burial. b a mound or memorial …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOOT — n. & v. n. (pl. feet) 1 a the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle. b the part …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
GRAVE — 1. n.1 a a trench dug in the ground to receive a coffin on burial. b a mound or memorial …
Oxford English vocab
FOOT — n. & v. --n. (pl. feet) 1. a the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle. b the part …
Oxford English vocab
HAVE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRAVE — Pronounced /greɪv/ except for meaning 5, when it is pronounced /grɑ:v/. ( graver, gravest) Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOT — ( feet) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Your feet are the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRAVE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a grave error (= extremely serious, with serious results ) ▪ He has committed …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOOT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRAVE — Synonyms and related words : abject, abominable, acute, afflictive, agonizing, annihilation, arch, aristocratic, arrant, assemble, atrocious, august, autolithograph, awe-inspiring, awful, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRAVE — See: ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE, TURN IN ONE'S GRAVE or TURN OVER IN ONE'S GRAVE.
Slang English vocab
FOOT — See: AT ONE'S FEET, COLD FEET, DEAD ON ONE'S FEET, DRAG ONE'S FEET, FROM HEAD TO FOOT, GET OFF ON …
Slang English vocab
GRAVE — See: ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE, TURN IN ONE'S GRAVE or TURN OVER IN ONE'S GRAVE.
Словарь английских идиом
FOOT — See: AT ONE'S FEET, COLD FEET, DEAD ON ONE'S FEET, DRAG ONE'S FEET, FROM HEAD TO FOOT, GET OFF ON …
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
GRAVE — I adjective BAD : I don't have any grave problems. GOOD : I don't have any serious problems. BAD : …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ONE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HAVE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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