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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