英语单词“have one foot in the grave”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析
单词
have one foot in the grave
释义
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Describing people who are oldExamples from literature #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/have-one-foot-in-the-grave##
have one foot in the grave
idiomhumorousto be veryoldand neardeath一只脚已踏进坟墓，行将就木- 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
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Death and dying- 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.