C1idiominformalhealthIELTS-friendly
dead on your feet
USUK
extremely tired but still standing or working
Informal. Not the same as 'back on your feet', which means healthy again.
In context
After the wedding reception, the waiters were dead on their feet.
Go home and get some sleep; you look dead on your feet.
More idioms about health
- a clean bill of healtha doctor's statement, after an examination, that someone is healthy
- a new lease of lifenew energy, or a chance to be active or useful again
- a ripe old agea very old age, reached in good health
- a second windnew energy that lets you continue after you felt too tired
- a shadow of your former selfmuch weaker, thinner or less impressive than before