英语单词短语词组“have one foot in the grave”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

have one foot in the grave

idiomhumorous

to be veryoldand neardeath

一只脚已踏进坟墓，行将就木

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Describing people who are old

aged
ageing
ageless
as old as Methuselahidiom
auntie
elderly
for a man/woman/person of his/her yearsidiom
gaga
geriatric
grand old ageidiom
gray
grey
have hadits/yourdayidiom
hoary
pensionable
senile
sprightliness
sprightly
spry
superannuated

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Death and dying

(Definition ofhave one foot in the gravefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examples from literature

If I have one foot in the grave, I shall have the other in the Shaftesbury Theatre to-night.
It is impossible to say how old the man was, but his hair was white as snow, and he had one foot in the grave.
We now turn to contemplate the beginnings of Mr. Clay's aspirations to the presidency, which from this time never left him until he had one foot in the grave.
Well, it isn't like me either to go moping around as if I had one foot in the grave and the other was slipping, retorted Grace, with a spirit that showed the experiment had worked.

单词	have one foot in the grave
释义	have one foot in the grave idiomhumorous to be veryoldand neardeath 一只脚已踏进坟墓，行将就木 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Describing people who are old aged ageing ageless as old as Methuselahidiom auntie elderly for a man/woman/person of his/her yearsidiom gaga geriatric grand old ageidiom gray grey have hadits/yourdayidiom hoary pensionable senile sprightliness sprightly spry superannuated See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Death and dying (Definition ofhave one foot in the gravefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) Examples from literature If I have one foot in the grave, I shall have the other in the Shaftesbury Theatre to-night. It is impossible to say how old the man was, but his hair was white as snow, and he had one foot in the grave. We now turn to contemplate the beginnings of Mr. Clay's aspirations to the presidency, which from this time never left him until he had one foot in the grave. Well, it isn't like me either to go moping around as if I had one foot in the grave and the other was slipping, retorted Grace, with a spirit that showed the experiment had worked. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/have-one-foot-in-the-grave##
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