death (warmed-up), like

death (warmed-up), like
 Sickly, feeble, lifeless

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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 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

  • 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

  • like death warmed up (or N. Amer. over) — informal extremely tired or ill. → death …   English new terms dictionary

  • like death warmed up — ► like death warmed up informal extremely tired or ill. Main Entry: ↑death …   English terms dictionary

  • like death warmed up — ● death …   Useful english dictionary

  • like death warmed over/up — see ↑death • • • Main Entry: ↑warm …   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

  • 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

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