Meaningful numbers

"Arumugham" (Email Removed) dribbled ...
On somebody?s last legs : to be very ill, likely to die soon
Who is likely to die soon?
The person with the squashed legs, or the person squashing?

Squashee or squasher?
"On somebody?s last legs" is not an English idiom.
Andrew
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But "on his last legs," "on her..." "on your..." is an English idiom, at least in CanE.

[nq:1]But "on his last legs," "on her..." "on your..." is an English idiom, at least in CanE.[/nq]
Yes. "(name) on his last legs" is an idiom.

Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

@mid.individual.net:

"On (somebody's) last legs" is, where (somebody's) can be replaced by "his", "her", "their", "its" or "my". At least he didn't write "On sb's or sth's last legs."

[nq:1]"On (somebody's) last legs" is, where (somebody's) can be replaced by "his", "her", "their", "its" or "my".[/nq]
So is "on (any other meaningless blather) last legs," given a similar qualification. The general pronoun usually used in dictionary definitions for expressions like this, reflexive in sense but not form, is "one": "on one's last legs." "Somebody" can never be reflexive, since

[nq:1]Look like a million dollars : to look very attractive[/nq]
You look like a million dollars: all green and crinkly.

(That joke will last until America runs out of green ink.) =20
Robin=20
(BrE)
Herts, England=20

[nq:2]Look like a million dollars : to look very attractive[/nq]
[nq:1]You look like a million dollars: all green and crinkly. (That joke will last until America runs out of green ink.)[/nq]
Your teeth are like stars: they come out at night. Your lips are like petals: bicycle pedals.

Ray
UK

[nq:1]Your teeth are like stars: they come out at night. Your lips are like petals: bicycle pedals.[/nq]
You have a soft heart - and head to match.
You have a heart of gold - and teeth to match.

Andrew
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[nq:2]Your teeth are like stars: they come out at night. Your lips are like petals: bicycle pedals.[/nq]
[nq:1]You have a soft heart - and head to match. You have a heart of gold - and teeth to match.[/nq]
Your eyes are like pools: football pools.
=20
Robin=20
(BrE)
Herts, England=20

[nq:1]Your eyes are like pools: football pools.[/nq]
When I was a lad, that was:
Your eyes are like pools: cesspools.

Andrew
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