avere un piede nella fossa *

* to have a foot in the grave

To kick the bucket; used to say that someone has little time left to live.

"Il mio vicino ha 85 anni, ha praticamente un piede nella fossa."

"My neighbor is 85, he basically has a foot in the grave."

Added December 2020 by cinziasimona

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