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be on your last legs

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być bliskim całkowitego wyczerpania

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Discussing meaning in context

  1. A

    After the overnight hike, we were on our last legs.

    Po całonocnej wędrówce byliśmy bliscy całkowitego wyczerpania.

  2. B

    How do you understand the expression “be on your last legs” in this situation?

    Jak rozumiesz wyrażenie „być bliskim całkowitego wyczerpania” w tej sytuacji?

  3. A

    Let’s first establish the meaning in this context. Identify details in the example that support this reading and separate them from our assumptions.

    Najpierw ustalmy znaczenie w tym kontekście. Wskażmy w przykładzie szczegóły, które wspierają takie odczytanie, i oddzielmy je od własnych założeń.

  4. B

    I’ll compare this passage with another example and check whether the expression keeps the same meaning.

    Porównam ten fragment z drugim przykładem i sprawdzę, czy to wyrażenie zachowuje w nim ten sam sens.

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Translations

Polishbyć bliskim całkowitego wyczerpaniaexpressionNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Germankurz vor völliger Erschöpfung seinexpressionNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Spanishestar al borde del agotamiento totalexpressionNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Russianбыть на грани полного изнеможенияexpressionNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.

Examples of use

Polish

Po całonocnej wędrówce byliśmy bliscy całkowitego wyczerpania.

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English

After the overnight hike, we were on our last legs.

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German

Nach der Nachtwanderung waren wir kurz vor völliger Erschöpfung.

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Spanish

Tras caminar toda la noche, estábamos al borde del agotamiento total.

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Russian

После ночного похода мы были на грани полного изнеможения.

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Grammar

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be on your last legs
  • Learn this expression as a whole and use the example to understand its context.

Example

After the overnight hike, we were on our last legs.

kick the bucket

kopnąć w kalendarz

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be a shadow of your former self

być cieniem dawnego siebie

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be in the pink

być w doskonałym zdrowiu

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be as right as rain

być zupełnie zdrowym po dolegliwości

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take the wind out of someone's sails

odebrać komuś pewność siebie

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get a new lease of life

odzyskać energię i chęć działania

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What is reassuring at the level of averages may be insufficient when assessing an individual case.

To, co uspokajające na poziomie średnich, może być niewystarczające w ocenie pojedynczego przypadku.

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When assessing a treatment option, we need to establish not only the chance of improvement but also which consequences the patient is unwilling to accept.

Oceniając możliwość leczenia, trzeba ustalić nie tylko szansę poprawy, lecz także skutki, których pacjent nie jest gotów zaakceptować.

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A discussion of uncertainty should help the patient understand the limits of knowledge without making them responsible for independently evaluating specialist evidence.

Rozmowa o niepewności powinna pomóc pacjentowi rozumieć granice wiedzy, nie przenosząc na niego zadania samodzielnej oceny specjalistycznych dowodów.

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Standardising care helps ensure a minimum level of quality, but should not obscure needs that the standard did not anticipate.

Standaryzacja opieki ułatwia zapewnienie minimum jakości, lecz nie powinna przesłaniać potrzeb, których standard nie przewidział.

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Let's leave ourselves room to revise our approach before we back ourselves into a corner.

Zostawmy sobie furtkę do korekty, zanim sami zapędzimy się w ślepy zaułek.

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A question about what I can manage means something different when it concerns a single effort than when it assumes daily repetition.

Pytanie o moje możliwości brzmi inaczej, gdy dotyczy jednorazowego wysiłku, a inaczej, gdy zakłada jego codzienne powtarzanie.

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