| 单词 | dead on one's feet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdead on one's feet e. Originally U.S. dead on one's feet: extremely tired; faltering or unsuccessful. ΚΠ 1840 Spirit of Times 14 Nov. 438/3 Buck-Eye I didn't see afterwards—he appeared ‘dead on his feet’ before starting. 1876 Portsmouth (Ohio) Times 30 Dec. Trade was dead on its feet, and sleighs were about the only vehicles of locomotion that made much headway. 1898 J. A. Altsheler Herald of West xxii. 246 Some of the Baltimore militia had come sixteen miles without a rest and were dead on their feet. 1936 Detective Fiction Weekly 19 Sept. 69/1 At five in the afternoon of the third day, dead on my feet, I strolled into the City Hall press room. 1983 C. Lynch You can't print That! iii. vii. 189 With one twitch of her finely sculptured nose, she detected that the party was dead on its feet. 2015 ‘N. Cutter’ Deep 176 ‘You're dead on your feet, Luke,’ Al told him. ‘You need to get some sleep.’ < as lemmas |
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