English Dictionary

lame duck

noun

(colloquial) A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled.

The company is struggling financially and is considered a lame duck.

意味（1）

(colloquial) A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled.

Thus is happens, that, when a considerable loss arises from such contract, the principal on whole behalf it was made, refuses to fulfil it; in this case, the loss falls upon the broker, without remedy; and if he does not fulfil the contract in default of his prinicipal, he foreits his credit and business, and becomes, in the cant of the Alley, a lame duck.

意味（2）

(US, politics) An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office.

Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents.

意味（3）

(finance, slang, dated) A person who cannot fulfill their contracts.