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Conversations about idioms "on its last legs" and "knee-slapper" explained in a casual and informative manner.

“Heard you visited your uncle yesterday. How is he doing? Much more important, how’s that famous scooter of his?”

“Uncle is doing fine. The scooter, however, is on its last legs.”

“A scooter doesn’t have legs, my friend. It has tyres.”

“You think I don’t know that, genius? When you say that something is on its last legs, what you’re suggesting is that it’s in bad shape. It’s likely…”

“In other words, it’s going to break down soon and stop working.”

“Exactly! My cell phone is rather old. It’s on its last legs.”

“Our radio has been on its last legs for several years now. Every time, it stops working, my father somehow manages to fix it.”