lame duck

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[lame duck] {n.}, {informal} An elected public official who has been either defeated in a new election or whose term cannot be renewed, but who has a short period of time left in office during which he can still perform certain duties, though with somewhat diminished powers.

* /In the last year of their second terms, American presidents are lame ducks./

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	time ⁵⁵⁰ {informal} ¹⁴⁰¹ {n.} ⁹¹²

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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