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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