The old capitalist regime is on its last legs.

旧的资本主义制度即将灭亡。

My car is on its last legs-it keeps breaking down.

我的车快不行了――总是出毛病。

Slobodan Milosevic’s bloody ten-year campaign to exploit ethnic and religious differences in order to impose his will on the former Yugoslavia was on its last legs.

米洛舍维奇挑起民族和宗教争端，十年来将自己的意志强加于他人的残忍做法终于走到了尽头。