ON ONE`S/ITS LAST LEGS

Meaning of ON ONE`S/ITS LAST LEGS in English

at the end of someone/something`s strength or usefulness I think that his old car is on its last legs.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

ON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
S
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEGS — paa
English-Visayan vocabulary
ITS — iya nga;iya
English-Visayan vocabulary
ITS — adjective Date: circa 1507 of or relating to it or ~elf especially as possessor, agent, or object of an action
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAST
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ITS — I. (|)its, _əts adjective Etymology: it (I) + -s (possessive case ending) 1. : of or belonging to it or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEGS — plural of leg present third singular of leg
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ITS — () Possessive form of the pronoun it. See It.
Английский словарь Webster
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
LAST — last 1 /last, lahst/ , adj. a superl. of late with later as compar. 1. occurring or coming after all …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ITS — /its/ , pron. the possessive form of it (used as an attributive adjective): The book has lost its jacket. I'm …
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
LAST — I. ˈlast verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lǣstan to last, follow; akin to Old English lāst footprint Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ITS — adjective Date: circa 1507 : of or relating to it or itself especially as possessor, agent, or object of an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAST — adj in conclusion; finally. 2. last ·noun the burden of a ship; a cargo. 3. last ·adj supreme; highest in …
Webster English vocab
LEGS — informal sustained popularity or success: → leg
Concise Oxford English vocab
LAST — [last] vb [ME, fr. OE laestan to last, follow; akin to OE last footprint] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to continue …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ITS — [its] adj (1598): of or relating to it or itself esp. as possessor, agent, or object of an action "going …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LAST — last, Last BrE AmE lɑːst § læst AmE læst ▷ lasted ˈlɑːst ɪd § ˈlæst-, -əd AmE ˈlæst əd ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ITS — its BrE AmE ɪts —non-Received Pronunciation weak form əts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAST — I . *last / lɑːst; NAmE læst/ determiner , adverb , noun , verb —see also last (II) ■ determiner …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ITS — / ɪts; NAmE / determiner belonging to or connected with a thing, an animal or a baby : Turn the …
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
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAST — I. last 1 S1 W1 /lɑːst $ læst/ BrE AmE determiner , adjective 1 . most recent or nearest to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ITS — its S1 W1 /ɪts/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘it’] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: it ] used to …
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
LAST — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most recent; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ITS — poss.pron. of it; of itself (can see its advantages).
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
LAST — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most recent; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ITS — poss.pron. of it; of itself (can see its advantages).
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
LAST — 1. adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most …
Oxford English vocab
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
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAST — ( lasts, lasting, lasted) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ITS — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Its' is a third person singular …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ITS — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Its' is a third person singular …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ONE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAST — I. determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a final/last attempt ▪ They made one final attempt to make their marriage work. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ITS — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird flaps its wings (= it moves its wings up and down ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAST — Synonyms and related words : Z, abide, advance, aforegoing, after, aftermost, apodosis, at last, at length, at long last, at …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LAST — See: AT LAST, EVERY LAST MAN, EVERY SINGLE or EVERY LAST, FIRST AND LAST, HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST, …
Slang English vocab
LEGS — • ↑ be on its last legs • ↑ stretch your legs
Longman Activator English vocab
LAST — See ↑ BEFORE 4, ↑ CONTINUE 2, ↑ ENOUGH/NOT ENOUGH 1, ↑ LAST 1,5,6,7, ↑ REMAIN 2, ↑ SURVIVE 1 …
Longman Activator English vocab
LAST — INDEX: coming at the end 1. coming at the end after all others 2. to be the last one in …
Longman Activator English vocab
LAST — n. 25B6; adjective the last woman in the queue : REARMOST, hindmost, endmost, at the end, at the back, furthest …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ITS — 1. Incompatible time-sharing System An influential but highly idiosyncratic operating system written for the PDP-6 and PDP-10 at MIT and …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
LEGS — n (US sl) физически привлекательная молодая женщина, особенно со стройными ногами (часто употребляется в качестве обращения, прозвища)
Dirty English-Russian vocab
LAST — See: AT LAST, EVERY LAST MAN, EVERY SINGLE or EVERY LAST, FIRST AND LAST, HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST, …
Словарь английских идиом
ITS — 1. Incompatible Time-sharing System, an influential though highly idiosyncratic operating system written for PDP-6s and PDP-10s at MIT and long …
Jargon File English vocabulary
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LAST — I noun BAD : First we listened to the tape, then we answered some questions, and at last we wrote …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ITS — determiner BAD : Its a nice place to have a holiday. GOOD : It's a nice place to have a …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LEGS
Cocney English vocab
ONE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEGS — Стороны
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