last legs
Example Sentences
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Even if your greek yogurt is on its last legs, I have found what seems like infinite uses for the tart, creamy product: breakfast, sauces, something vaguely adjacent to dessert.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
Twenty years later, with magazines on their last legs, Anna, er, Miranda, is already diminished.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
Of course, when it was on its last legs and he sold it on, he made himself a fortune.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2025
Emotionally and physically, I really had to go to that place of hysteria and desperation; she’s just on her last legs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
They pressed their heads tenderly against his bosom, muttering endearing and melodramatic lovey-doveys, even as they also anxiously listened to see if the old ticker really was on its last legs.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
