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Значение идиомы last leg
[last leg] {n. phr.} 1. Final stages of physical weakness beforedying.
The poor old man was on his last leg in the nursing home.
2. The final stage of a journey.
The last leg of ourround-the-world trip was Paris to Chicago.
See: LAST LAP.
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