on one's last legs

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44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: son nəfəsini çəkmək — about to die
• Azerbaijani: son günlərini yaşamaq — about to die
• Azerbaijani: qulağının dibi saralmaq — about to die
• Azerbaijani: bir ayağı burda, bir ayağı gorda — about to die
• Azerbaijani: vot-votda olmaq — about to die
• Burmese: ယဲ့ယဲ့ (yai.yai.) — about to die
• Chinese Cantonese: 奄奄一息 (jim1 jim1 jat1 sik1) — about to die
• Chinese: 奄奄一息 (iám-iám-it-sek / am-am-it-sek) — about to die
• Chinese Mandarin: 奄奄一息 (yǎnyǎnyīxī, yānyānyīxí) — about to die
• Czech: v posledním tažení — about to die
• Dutch: op je tandvlees lopen — about to die
• Dutch: op sterven na dood — about to die
• Finnish: haudan partaalla — about to die
• Finnish: vedellä viimeisiään — about to die
• French: au bout du rouleau — about to die
• French: à bout de souffle — about to die
• German: in den letzten Zügen — about to die
• German: aus dem letzten Loch pfeifen — about to die
• German: bald alle sein — about to die
• Hungarian: az utolsókat rúgja — about to die
• Hungarian: a végét járja — about to die
• Italian: agli sgoccioli — about to die
• Italian: alla frutta — about to die
• Italian: alla fine — about to die
• Italian: in fin di vita — about to die
• Italian: allo stremo delle forze — about to die
• Italian: in ginocchio — about to die
• Norwegian Bokmål: synge på siste vers — about to die
• Norwegian Bokmål: synge sin svanesang — about to die
• Norwegian Nynorsk: synge på siste vers — about to die
• Norwegian Nynorsk: synge sin svanesang — about to die
• Polish: na ostatnich nogach — about to die
• Portuguese: nas últimas — about to die
• Portuguese: mais para lá do que para cá — about to die
• Portuguese: estar com os pés para a cova — about to die
• Russian: на после́днем издыха́нии (na poslédnem izdyxánii) — about to die
• Serbo-Croatian: на крају снага — about to die
• Serbo-Croatian: на издисају — about to die
• Serbo-Croatian: na kraju snaga — about to die
• Serbo-Croatian: na izdisaju — about to die
• Spanish: en las últimas — about to die
• Spanish: con la candela en la mano — about to die
• Spanish: acabársele la candela — about to die
• Swedish: sjunga på sista versen — about to die