look like death warmed over

look like death warmed over
appear to be sick, look pale or weak
  

Mom is not feeling well. She looks like death warmed over.


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  • like death warmed over — mod. horrible; deathlike. □ Oh, my God! You look like death warmed over! □ A tall, black garbed gentleman lay there, looking like death warmed over …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • like death warmed over — (or up) informal extremely tired or ill * * * like death warmed over (US) (or Brit like death warmed up) informal : very tired or sick We worked through the night, and by morning we looked like death warmed over. • • • Main Entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • look like death warmed up — look/feel/like death warmed up informal phrase to look or feel very ill Thesaurus: to feel or be illsynonym Main entry: death * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • death warmed over — See look like death warmed over …   English idioms

  • like death warmed up — like death (warmed up) British & Australian, American if you feel or look like death warmed up, you feel or look very ill. I wish I d got to bed earlier last night I feel like death warmed up. The poor guy looked like death warmed over …   New idioms dictionary

  • feel like death warmed up — look/feel/like death warmed up informal phrase to look or feel very ill Thesaurus: to feel or be illsynonym Main entry: death * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • like death — (warmed up) British & Australian, American if you feel or look like death warmed up, you feel or look very ill. I wish I d got to bed earlier last night I feel like death warmed up. The poor guy looked like death warmed over …   New idioms dictionary

  • warmed-over — adj [usually before noun] AmE 1.) warmed over food has been cooked before and then heated again for eating →↑reheat 2.) warmed over ideas or arguments have been used before and are not interesting or useful any more →look/feel like death warmed… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • death warmed up — (UK) If someone looks like death warmed up, they look very ill indeed. ( death warmed over is the American form) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • death warmed up — (UK)    If someone looks like death warmed up, they look very ill indeed. ( death warmed over is the American form)   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

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