to have one foot in the grave
- Fuente de la expresión
- Oxford Dictionaries Online
- Contexto
- Then, too, Lord Whilton clearly had one foot in the grave, despite all the nostrums in the kingdom. Terwent would have helped him lift the other foot, if he thought the baron had made the changes in his will the old rip had promised.
- Tipo de fuente
- book
- Autor
- Barbara Metzger
- Título de la fuente
- Lady Whilton's Wedding
- Año
- 1995
- Observaciones
- Humorístico
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- Sin definir
- Frecuencia
- Sin definir