ON OUR LAST LEGS

Meaning of ON OUR LAST LEGS in English

nearly dead or bankrupt, nearly done for

Financially, we were on our last legs. We couldn't get a loan.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

ON OUR LAST LEGS — nearly dead or bankrupt, nearly done for Financially, we were on our last legs. We couldn't get a loan.
English Idioms vocab
ON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OUR — nor, nostri
English interlingue dictionary
OUR — amo nga (Pronoun, First person exclusive, Genitive or Possessive case) amo;among (Pronoun, First person inclusive, Genitive or Possessive case) ato …
English-Visayan vocabulary
LEGS — paa
English-Visayan vocabulary
OUR — I. Etymology: Middle English ure, oure, from Old English ūre (suppletive gen. of wē we); akin to Old High German …
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
LEGS — plural of leg present third singular of leg
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OUR — (possessive pron.) Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. See …
Английский словарь Webster
OUR — ( possessive pron. ) Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OUR — /oweur, ow"euhr/ ; unstressed /ahr/ , pron. (a form of the possessive case of we used as an attributive adjective): …
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
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
OUR — adjective Etymology: Middle English oure, from Old English ūre; akin to Old High German unsēr our, Old English ūs us …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OUR — (·pron·poss) of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. ·see i.
Webster English vocab
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
OUR — [our] adj [ME oure, fr. OE ure; akin to OHG unser our, OE us us] (bef. 12c): of or relating …
Merriam-Webster 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
OUR — our BrE AmE ˈa ʊ ‿ə ɑː AmE ˈaʊ‿ ə r ɑːr —Some speakers use ɑː AmE ɑːr as the …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAST — last, Last BrE AmE lɑːst § læst AmE læst ▷ lasted ˈlɑːst ɪd § ˈlæst-, -əd AmE ˈlæst əd ▷ …
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
OUR — / ɑː(r); NAmE ; ˈaʊə(r)/ determiner (the possessive form of we ) 1. belonging to us; connected with us : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OUR — our S1 W1 /aʊə $ aʊr/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘we’] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ure …
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
OUR — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1 of or belonging to us or ourselves (our house; our own business). 2 of or belonging to …
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
OUR — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1 of or belonging to us or ourselves (our house; our own business). 2 of or belonging to …
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
OUR — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1. of or belonging to us or ourselves (our house; our own business). 2 of or belonging to …
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
OUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Our' is the first person plural …
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
OUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Our' is the first person plural …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OUR — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES by our standards (= judging by what we are used to ) ▪ The equipment …
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
OUR — [determiner] - of or belonging to usWe bought our house several years ago.He walked off and left us on our …
Cambridge English vocab
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
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
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
LEGS
Cocney English vocab
OUR — мест.; притяж. (употр. атрибутивно; ср. ours) наш (в том числе в значении "мой" в речи монарха или автора статьи) Our …
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
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAST — I 1. прил. 1) превосх. от late 1. 2) а) последний to come in last ≈ приходить последним (на скачках) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEGS — Ножки
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LEGS — Ноги
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
OUR — our.ogg ʹaʋə poss pron ( употр. тк. атрибутивно; ср. ours) 1. 1> наш, наша, наше, наши; принадлежащий нам; свой this …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LAST — last.ogg _I 1. lɑ:st n 1. 1> последний, последнее the last of the Stuart Kings - последний король из династии …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LAST — 1) длиться 2) крайний 3) последний 4) продолжаться 5) прошлый 6) сохраняться • in the last analysis — в конце концов last quarter of the moon — последняя …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
OUR — our мест.; притяж.; употр. атриб.; ср. также ours1) а) наш, принадлежащий нам, свой our house — наш дом to our …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LAST — I last прил.1) превосх. ст. от late 1. 2) последний to come in last — приходить последним (на скачках) She …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
OUR — poss pron ( употр. тк. атрибутивно; ср. ~s) 1. 1) наш, наша, наше, наши; принадлежащий нам; свой this is ~ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
OUR — poss pron ( употр. тк. атрибутивно; ср. ours) 1. 1> наш, наша, наше, наши; принадлежащий нам; свой this is our …
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