HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE

Meaning of HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE in English

( informal ) to be so old or ill / sick that you are not likely to live much longer

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE — humorous be very old or ill. → foot
Concise Oxford English vocab
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
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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
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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
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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
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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