one foot in the grave
Example Sentences
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Evangelista said her prognosis is "good but not great", adding that she has "one foot in the grave".
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023
“I know I have one foot in the grave, but I’m totally in celebration mode,” Evangelista told the Wall Street Journal.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2023
You know, your agents tell you, ‘Well, you’re of a certain age…’ I’m not dead and I don’t have one foot in the grave, come on!
From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023
Do I inform my longtime friends, particularly those whom I’ve loved deeply but who live far away, that I have one foot in the grave?
From Slate • Jul. 25, 2021
This profligate drivel is uttered by the Nestor of the commonwealth, an infirm old man, with one foot in the grave.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various
