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one foot in the grave 

Description of a person who is elderly or very ill and presumably near death. Not particularly respectful, but usually used comically.

Also used with the addition of "one foot in the grave and the other one on a banana peel."
Petie's cat was 18 years old, and while he didn't want to admit it, Petie realized that Tabby had one foot in the grave and the other one on a banana peel.
one foot in the grave by TBea April 24, 2008
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one foot in the grave 

To have "one foot in the grave" is to be close to death; depicting an elderly or sick person or animal close to death, or one with a life so pathetic that their life barely counts as living.
Carl lives alone, has no friends, and spends his days drinking till' he sleeps. You could say he's got one foot in the grave. // "Grandpa is 102 and has leukemia, I'm sorry to say it, but he's already got one foot in the grave."
one foot in the grave by junkiii April 24, 2020

One foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel

2 phrases:

"One foot in the grave"- half dead, dying, death is catching up. Tired, old, metaphorical

"Foot on a banana peel"- funny, humorous, cartoon, things are going comically wrong, events are not working in one's favor. *Picture* stepping on a rake and being hit in the face with the handle. Knee slap comedy
One foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel expression-

damned if you do, damned if you don't...

Guy 1: "how are you doing?"
Guy 2: *expression meaning* on one side (one foot) I've really gone to hell, or im working on getting there- and on the other side (other foot) it's pretty stupid, but entertaining to watch, the bullshit that's been happening to me or that I've been outing putting myself through...

"Falling apart and it's hysterical to witness"

I got one foot in the grave, and the other on a banana peel.

Something that a NY Mobster might tell a reporter when he knows that his time is limited. He's done some really outrageous shit to other gangsters, and as a result, he is a dead man. Like a moth caught on a hot light, he knows it's wrong, but the danger gives him such a charge that he really has ceased to care. A guy in this position would say this and really mean it.
"I got one foot in the grave, and the other on a banana peel." "We live this way, but we don't care."

one foot stuck in the grave 

when yer done with your weird ass skeleton banging and get your foot stuck somewhere in the ribs or pelvis with your bony partner
bruh, i had one foot stuck in the grave last night
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