one foot in the grave
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"Once it's come back, there's a chance. I know I have one foot in the grave, but I'm totally in celebration mode," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023
“I know I have one foot in the grave, but I’m totally in celebration mode,” Evangelista told the Wall Street Journal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
You know, your agents tell you, ‘Well, you’re of a certain age…’ I’m not dead and I don’t have one foot in the grave, come on!
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
Do I inform my longtime friends, particularly those whom I’ve loved deeply but who live far away, that I have one foot in the grave?
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2021
Old age with one foot in the grave drags the other resignedly about its crypt.
From A Cathedral Singer by James Lane Allen
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