have one foot in the grave
быть при смерти, "быть одной ногой в могиле"
The woman was very sick and had one foot in the grave.
Другие идиомы:
- have a scrape with (someone or something)
- have (something) in one's hands
- have (something) down pat
- have a heart of stone
- have a good thing going
- have pull with (someone)
- have a good mind to (do something)
- have a hollow leg
- sweep (someone) off his or her feet
- have a good eye for (something)
- have (something) on the tip of one's tongue
- balls of one's feet
- have butterflies in one's stomach
- get one's feet wet
- have cold feet