Something that looks as if it might collapse any minute: “Our old washing machine (is) ________.”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| ON ITS LAST LEGS | 11 |
| HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS | 6 |
| HAS ABOUT HAD IT | 5 |
| HAS HAD IT | 5 |
| ON THE FRITZ | 5 |
| ABOUT SHOT | 4 |
| FALLING APART | 4 |
| SHOT | 4 |
| WORN OUT | 4 |
| GOING TO PIECES | 3 |
| KAPUT | 3 |
| ON THE BLINK | 3 |
| DONE FOR | 2 |
| ABOUT DONE FOR | 1 |
| DIED | 1 |
| DYING | 1 |
| GOING TO POT | 1 |
| ON ITS LAST LEG | 1 |
| PLAYED OUT | 1 |
| TAKING A DUMP | 1 |
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