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¿ø¾î¹ÎµéÀÌ ¹ä ¸Ôµí »ç¿ëÇϴ ǥÇö Áß¿¡
be on one's
last legs (¾î¶² »ç¶÷ÀÇ ¸¶Áö¸· ´Ù¸®°¡ µÇ´Â »óȲ)À̶ó´Â ¶æÀº
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ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÀº ¿ø·¡ "Á×À» °Í °°´Ù"(close
to dying)¸¦ ÀǹÌÇÏ´ø °úÀå Ç¥ÇöÀ̾ú°í,
Á¸ ·¹ÀÌ
(John Ray)ÀÇ 1678³â ¼Ó´ã ¸ðÀ½Áý¿¡¼ ÀÌ°ÍÀÌ ÆÄ»ê(bankrupt)À¸·Î ¹ø¿ªµÇ¾ú°í, °ðÀ̾î À°Ã¼ÀûÀÌµç ¾Æ´Ïµç »ç¶÷ÀÌ °¡Áø ¿øõÀÇ ³¡À̶ó´Â Àǹ̷Πº¯ÃµÇß½À´Ï´Ù.
¶Ç ÀÌ°ÍÀº ¶§¶§·Î »ç¹°¿¡µµ Àû¿ëµË´Ï´Ù.
¿¹¸¦ µé¸é,
That furnace
is on its last legs.
Àú ¿ë±¤·Î´Â ¸¶Áö¸· ¿î¸í¿¡ ³õ¿©ÀÖ´Ù.
Grandfather is on his last legs.
He'll be on
his way to Heaven soon.
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±×´Â °ð õ±¹À¸·Î °¡½Ç °Ì´Ï´Ù.
My car is on its last legs.
I doubt it
will get me down the street to the used car dealer.
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