• Listen

  What it means

  Literally “to be with one foot in the other world.” Means to have one foot in the grave — to be very old, seriously ill, or close to death.

  Vocabulary

  • noga — leg / foot
  • tamten świat — the other world / the afterlife

  Grammar note

  'Jedną nogą' uses the instrumental — expressing the means or manner. 'Na tamtym świecie' uses the locative after 'na'.

  Intermediate

Noticed a typo, a wrong translation, or anything that doesn't look right? We'd love to fix it — just let us know via the contact page. Thank you!