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When a sick person is past hope of recovery, you’d say he’s (a) ________.

GONER 263
ON HIS LAST LEGS 107
DONE FOR 103
DYING 53
HOPELESS 48
HAD IT 37
TERMINAL 37
HOPELESS CASE 32
ON HIS WAY OUT 26
BEYOND HELP 22
DOOMED 22
BEYOND HOPE 19
ON THE WAY OUT 18
PAST SAVING 18
TERMINAL CASE 18
INCURABLE 15
ON HIS DEATH BED 14
NO HOPE FOR HIM 13
GONE 12
CRITICAL 11
GOING TO DIE 11
GONE GOOSE 11
CRITICALLY ILL 10
FATALLY ILL 9
PAST HOPE 9
DEAD DUCK 8
GOT ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE 8
NO HOPE 8
OVER THE HILL 8
GONNA DIE 7
ABOUT GONE 6
PAST HELP 6
BEYOND RECOVERY 5
GIVEN UP 5
JUST ABOUT GONE 5
LOST CAUSE 5
NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD 5
ON HIS LAST LEG 5
FAILING 4
HIS CASE IS HOPELESS 4
LONG GONE 4
NEAR THE END 4
NOT GONNA MAKE IT 4
ON HIS LAST 4
SERIOUSLY ILL 4
SINKING 4
ABOUT DONE FOR 3
ABOUT TO DIE 3
ALL DONE 3
AT DEATH’S DOOR 3
BEYOND SAVING 3
CAN’T GET WELL 3
FADING FAST 3
FINISHED 3
HIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED 3
HIS NUMBER’S UP 3
HOPELESSLY ILL 3
LONG GONER 3
MATTER OF TIME 3
NO CHANCE FOR HIM 3
NOT GOING TO MAKE IT 3
ON HIS LAST PEGS 3
ON HIS WAY 3
ON THE CRITICAL LIST 3
PASSING OUT 3
PAST HOPE OF RECOVERY 3
SINKING FAST 3
THROUGH 3
TOO FAR GONE 3
WON’T MAKE IT 3
ALMOST DEAD 2
ALMOST GONE 2
BASKET CASE 2
BEYOND THE POINT OF NO RETURN 2
BOUT GONE 2
CAN’T LIVE 2
DEAD PIGEON 2
DONE 2
DOOMED MAN 2
FAR GONE 2
FATAL 2
GOING 2
GOING DOWNHILL 2
GONE COON 2
GONE GOSLING 2
GONNA KICK THE BUCKET 2
GOT NO HOPE 2
HIS TIME IS SHORT 2
IN CRITICAL CONDITION 2
IN HIS LAST DAYS 2
KICKED THE BUCKET 2
KICKING THE BUCKET 2
LOSING GROUND 2
LOST 2
LOST CASE 2
NEARING THE END 2
NO HELP FOR HIM 2
NO HOPES 2
NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE 2
ON HIS LAST GO-AROUND 2
ON HIS LAST LAP 2
PAST DOING ANYTHING FOR 2
SERIOUS 2
SLIPPING 2
SLOWLY DYING 2
TERMINAL ILLNESS 2
TERMINAL PATIENT 2
UNCURABLE 2
VERY ILL 2
WAITING TO DIE 2
“LOW, LOW SICK” 1
A-DYING 1
ABOUT DONE 1
ABOUT FINISHED 1
ABOUT OVERED HIS TROUBLES 1
ABOUT READY TO KICK THE BUCKET 1
ABOUT TO CHECK OUT 1
ABOUT TO GO 1
ABOUT TO KICK OFF 1
ABOUT TO PASS OUT 1
AIN’T GONNA LIVE 1
AIN’T LONG FOR THIS WORLD 1
AIN’T MUCH HOPE FOR HIM 1
AIN’T NO HOPE FOR HIM 1
ALL BLOWED UP 1
ALL HOPES IS LOST 1
ALL OVER FOR HIM 1
AT DEATH DOOR 1
AT THE END OF HIS ROPE 1
AWFULLY LOW 1
BEEN ANOINTED 1
BEEN GIVEN UP 1
BEEN GOING UP 1
BEYOND A HOPE 1
BEYOND CURE 1
BEYOND REDEMPTION 1
BEYOND REPAIR 1
BIDING HIS TIME 1
BIDING TIME 1
BOOKED 1
BOUT DONE FOR 1
BOUT READY TO KICK THE BUCKET 1
BREATHING HIS LAST 1
CALL THE UNDERTAKER 1
CAN’T GET BETTER 1
CAN’T RECOVER 1
CANDIDATE FOR THE GRAVE 1
CASHED IN HIS CHIPS 1
CHEATING THE UNDERTAKER 1
CLOSE TO DEATH 1
COMING TO THE END 1
CONDEMNED MAN 1
CONDITION IS HOPELESS 1
COULDN’T MAKE IT 1
DANGEROUSLY ILL 1
DANGEROUSLY SICK 1
DAYS ARE NUMBERED 1
DAYS ARE SHORT 1
DEAD 1
DEAD MAN 1
DEATHLY SICK 1
DECLINED 1
DELIRIOUS 1
DESPERATE 1
DESPERATE ILL 1
DESPERATELY SICK 1
DETERIORATING 1
DOCTORS IS GIVEN HIM UP 1
DOESN’T HAVE A CHANCE 1
DONE GIVE UP 1
DONE IN FOR 1
DONE WITH 1
DOWN AND OUT 1
DYING BY DEGREES 1
DYING MAN 1
EXPIRING 1
FADING AWAY 1
FAILING FAST 1
FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE 1
GETTING NO BETTER FAST 1
GETTING WEAK 1
GETTING WEAKER 1
GIVE UP 1
GIVE UP ALL HOPES 1
GIVEN UP FOR DEAD 1
GIVEN UP HOPE 1
GIVEN UP HOPES 1
GOING OUT 1
GOING OVER THE HILL 1
GOING OVER THE RIVER 1
GOING THE OTHER WAY 1
GOING TO BE PUSHING UP DAISIES 1
GOING TO GO 1
GOING TO PASS ON 1
GONE BEYOND ALL HOPE 1
GONE DOG 1
GONE DUCK 1
GONE GOBLIN 1
GONER AND DOESN’T KNOW IT 1
GONNA CROAK 1
GONNA CROSS OVER 1
GOT A FATAL ILLNESS 1
GOT IT MADE 1
GOT NO CHANCES 1
GOT ONE FOOT ON A BANANA AND THE OTHER IN THE GRAVE 1
HANGING ON 1
HAS A FEW DAYS LEFT 1
HAS NO CHANCE 1
HAS NO HOPE 1
HAS ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE 1
HAS TERMINAL ILLNESS 1
HASN’T A CHANCE 1
HASN’T GOT LONG TO LIVE 1
HASN’T LONG LEFT 1
HASN’T LONG TO LIVE 1
HEADED FOR THE BARNYARD 1
HEADED OUT 1
HELPLESS 1
HIS CHANCES ARE SLIM 1
HIS SICKNESS IS TERMINAL 1
HIS TIME IS LIMITED 1
HIS TIME IS NEAR 1
HIS TIME’S OUT 1
I WOULDN’T GIVE HIM MUCH HOPE 1
ILL TO DEATH 1
IN A COMA 1
IN A CRITICAL CONDITION 1
IN DAMNED BAD SHAPE 1
IN EXTREMIS 1
IN HIS LAST STAGES 1
IN THE TERMINAL STAGE 1
INVALID 1
ISN’T GOING TO MAKE IT 1
JUST ABOUT HAD IT 1
JUST AS GOOD AS GONE 1
JUST BIDING HIS TIME 1
JUST GIVE UP 1
JUST HERE 1
JUST IS HERE 1
JUST WAITING FOR THE END 1
KNOCKING AT THE PEARLY GATES 1
LAST ILLNESS 1
LINGERING 1
LIVED HIS LIFE OUT 1
LONG-GONE GOSLING 1
LOOKING TO DIE 1
LOOKS HOPELESS 1
LOSER 1
LOSING BATTLE 1
LOSING FIGHT 1
LOST GOBBLER 1
LOST HOPE 1
LOW 1
MIGHTY LOW 1
MORIBUND 1
NEAR DEATH’S DOOR 1
NEARING THE EVE 1
NEARLY GONE 1
NO CURE FOR HIM 1
NO HOPES FOR HIM 1
NOT A-GONNA MAKE IT 1
NOT ANY HOPES 1
NOT EXPECTED TO RECOVER 1
NOT GONNA BE ANY BETTER 1
NOT GONNA PULL THROUGH 1
NOT LONG TO STAY 1
NOT MUCH HOPE 1
NOTHING THEY CAN DO 1
ON A BANANA PEELING 1
ON A ONE-WAY STREET 1
ON DEATH ROW 1
ON DEATH’S BED 1
ON HIS LAST BED 1
ON HIS LAST GO-ROUND 1
ON HIS LAST PEG 1
ON HIS LAST WILL 1
ON THE D.L. 1
ON THE LAST LAP 1
ON THE OUT WAY 1
ON THE SERIOUS LIST 1
ON THE SUNSET SIDE OF LIFE 1
ON THE VERGE OF DYING 1
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE 1
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE AND THE OTHER ON A BANANA PEEL 1
OUT OF THE WOODS 1
PASSE 1
PASSING 1
PAST ALL HOPE 1
PAST ALL MEDICAL HELP 1
PAST CURE 1
PAST HOPE OF GETTING WELL 1
PAST RECOVERING 1
PAST RECOVERY 1
PAST REDEMPTION 1
PAST THE CRISIS 1
PETERING OUT 1
PLAYED OUT 1
POINT OF NO RETURN 1
POORLY 1
REACHED THE END OF HIS ROPE 1
READY FOR DOCTOR JESUS 1
READY FOR HIS MAKER 1
READY FOR THE BONEYARD 1
READY FOR THE GRAVE 1
READY TO BE QUARTERMASTER PROPERTY 1
READY TO CASH IN HIS CHIPS 1
READY TO KICK THE BUCKET 1
READY TO PASS IN HIS CHECKS 1
REAL SICK PERSON 1
RECUPERATING 1
SAME AS DEAD OR GONE 1
SAW HIS LAST DAYS 1
SEEIN’ HIS LAST 1
SEEN HIS BEST DAYS 1
SEEN HIS LAST SUNUP 1
SENT FOR 1
SERIOUS ILL 1
SINKING LOW 1
SINKING RAPIDLY 1
SLATED FOR THE GRAVE 1
SLOWLY PASSING AWAY 1
SOON BE GONE 1
STRETCHER CASE 1
TERMINALLY ILL 1
TERRIBLY SICK 1
THAT’ S THE LAST OF HIM 1
THERE 1
THEY DONE GIVE HIM UP 1
THEY GIVE HIM UP 1
THEY’RE GIVEN UP ON HIM 1
THEY’RE GONNA CLOSE THE BIG DOOR ON HIM PRETTY QUICK 1
THEY’VE GIVEN UP HOPE 1
TIME HAS COME 1
TOO FAR GONE TO RECOVER 1
TOO LATE 1
TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE 1
UNDER INTENSIVE CARE 1
UNDER SAVING 1
UNDERTAKER’S CASE 1
WE’VE GIVE UP ON HIM 1
WILL JUST LAST A FEW DAYS 1
WILL NEVER LEAVE THE HOSPITAL 1
WITHOUT HOPE 1
WON’T LAST LONG 1
WON’T RECOVER 1
WORN OUT 1

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