one foot in the grave
Example Sentences
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“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
As Jeff says: “It sends simultaneous messages of ‘pour one out for the recently departed’ and ‘you may already have one foot in the grave.’
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2018
"Who even reads it? The art of shorthand doesn't just have one foot in the grave, it has the other planted firmly on a banana peel."
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2016
"I've been a deal worse myself, and got well again; don't be a frightening yourself in that way, or belike you'll think you've one foot in the grave."
From It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) by Mrs. Henry Wood
