lame duck

Etymology
18th century: a person who had defaulted in the was said to waddle out of Exchange Alley like a lame duck. Equivalent to.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: lahme Ente
 * Italian:, ,
 * Polish:, nieudacznica, , , niedorajda
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 跛腳鴨, 瘸鴨
 * Czech: chromá kachna
 * Esperanto: lama anaso
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: scheidender Amtsinhaber
 * Greek: κουτσή πάπια
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: anatra zoppa
 * Japanese: レームダック, レイムダック, 役立たず, 死に体
 * Korean: 레임 덕, 임기말 증후군
 * Lithuanian: šluboji antis
 * Lombard: ànedra zòppa
 * Polish: kulawa kaczka
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: pato rengo
 * Swedish:, haltande anka
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: кульга́ва ка́чка