death warmed over
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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
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/up — see ↑death • • • Main Entry: ↑warm … Useful english dictionary
look like death warmed over — appear to be sick, look pale or weak Mom is not feeling well. She looks like death warmed over … English idioms
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
Death warmed up — (UK) If someone looks like death warmed up, they look very ill indeed. ( death warmed over is the American form) … Dictionary of English idioms
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
warmed over — adjective AmE 1 food that is warmed over has been cooked before and then heated again for eating 2 an idea or argument that is warmed over has been used before and is not interesting or useful any more see also: like death warmed up/over death… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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
