running on fumes
running on fumes
Continuing to operate with no or very little enthusiasm, energy, or resources left. A reference to a car that has nearly run out of fuel. I've been painting the house for four hours every night after work, and I am seriously running on fumes at this point. We were running on fumes by the time our team made it to the championship round.
See also: fume, on, running
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- be running on fumes
- fume
- be running on empty
- sporting blood
- come on like gangbusters
- be the life and soul of the party
- be going gangbusters
- gangbuster
- get stuck in
- get stuck into (something)