last legs
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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
"It feels like every other week there are more cases about baby injury or death and maternity services are on their last legs," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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
Strange, because it was obvious even to the most unobservant person that our friendship had been on its last legs for a long time.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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