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на краю гибели (informal) near to death Example Sentences Including 'one foot in the grave' " The government made it sound like you were only at risk if you had one foot in the grave ," Thomson said. OTTAWA SUN 2003) It may be too early to report the strange death of British TV, but it seems to have one foot in the grave. INDEPENDENT 1999) So there he is: on top of the world with one foot in the grave. TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES 2002) `This is the posture of fortune's slave: one foot in the gravy, one foot in the grave. Edited by Robin Robertson MORTIFICATION: WRITERS' STORIES OF THEIR PUBLIC SHAME 2003). Collins Alexander Demidov) |
