0 Something that is on its last legs is in such bad condition that it will soon be unable to work as it should:
We are starting from a long way back with renewables and the coal industry, sadly, seems to be on its last legs.
The tree was of course on its last legs!
This is not an industry that is on its last legs.
In 1893, when agriculture was on its last legs, there was a stable currency.
It was on its last legs then, and one hoped that the gesture might help, but it died out in 1979.
Thankfully, it is on its last legs and new provision is being made.
We live in a society which, capitalistically, is on its last legs throughout the world.
It does not do to go about talking as if the industry were on its last legs.