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English
Verb
have one foot in the grave (third-person singular simple present has one foot in the grave, present participle having one foot in the grave, simple past and past participle had one foot in the grave)
- (figuratively) To be close to death, to be dying.
Translations
Translations
- Azerbaijani: bir ayağı burda, bir ayağı gorda
- Esperanto: stari per unu piedo en la tombo
- Finnish: olla haudan partaalla, olla toinen jalka haudassa
- French: avoir un pied dans la tombe (fr), sentir le sapin (fr)
- Galician: estar cos pés na cova
- German: mit einem Fuß im Grab stehen (de)
- Greek: είμαι με το ένα πόδι στον τάφο (eímai me to éna pódi ston táfo)
- Italian: avere un piede nella fossa, avere un piede nella tomba, essere più di là che di qua, essere più morto che vivo
- Latin: capulāris
- Polish: być jedną nogą w grobie, być jedną nogą na tamtym świecie (pl), stać nad grobem (pl), wybierać się na tamten świat
- Portuguese: estar com os pés para a cova, estar com os pés na cova, ter um pé na cova
- Romanian: fi cu un picior în groapă
- Russian: стоя́ть одно́й ного́й в моги́ле (ru) (stojátʹ odnój nogój v mogíle)
- Spanish: estar con un pie en el hoyo, estar con un pie en el sepulcro, estar con un pie en la sepultura, estar con un pie en la tumba, tener un pie en la tumba, estar más muerto que vivo
- Swedish: med ena foten i graven (sv), stå med ena foten i graven (sv)
- Turkish: bir ayağı çukurda olmak (tr)
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