have one foot in the grave

have one foot in the grave

= to be close to death

行將就木；

After being diagnosed with lung cancer, his friends believed he had one foot in the grave.

在被診斷出肺癌後，他的朋友們認為他已經有一隻腳已踏進墳墓。

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