OXFORD 9000
📚 prep_phrase • entry_id 54959

on one's last legs

Meanings (ES + gloss)
acabársele la candela • con la candela en la mano • en las últimas
About to die.
He is on his last legs. His kidneys are 'most gone. Remember, 'tis I must bury him.
[A] friend who assists me with a view to future profit . . . lies like the fox's scent when on his last legs, increasing every moment.
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