ALL meanings of have one foot in the grave
have one foot in the grave
H h - noun have one foot in the grave an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body. 1
- noun have one foot in the grave any place of interment; a tomb or sepulcher: a watery grave. 1
- noun have one foot in the grave any place that becomes the receptacle of what is dead, lost, or past: the grave of unfulfilled ambitions. 1
- noun have one foot in the grave death: O grave, where is thy victory? 1
- idioms have one foot in the grave have one foot in the grave, to be so frail, sick, or old that death appears imminent: It was a shock to see my uncle looking as if he had one foot in the grave. 1
- idioms have one foot in the grave make (one) turn / turn over in one's grave, to do something to which a specified dead person would have objected bitterly: This production of Hamlet is enough to make Shakespeare turn in his grave. 1
- phrase have one foot in the grave If you say that someone has one foot in the grave, you mean that they are very old or very ill and will probably die soon. 0
- noun have one foot in the grave to be near death 0
- noun have one foot in the grave to be very ill, old, or infirm; be near death 0
- verb have one foot in the grave (Idiomatic) To be close to death, to be dying. 0