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dead on one's feet en · ADJ
Meanings
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(colloquial, not-comparable) Tired to the point of exhaustion, but still awake and out of bed.
“The manufacturing sector is dead on its feet at the moment and exports are poor,” said Rob Carnell, Asia-Pacific head of research for ING.
2023 June 17, Joe Leahy, Thomas Hale, Andy Lin, quoting Rob Carnell, “China’s recovery hangs in balance as property is shunned and exports flag”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3: