thread·bare 
(thrĕdbâr′)
(thrĕdbâr′)adj.
1. Having the nap worn down so that the filling or warp threads show through; frayed or shabby: threadbare rugs.
2. Wearing old, shabby clothing.
3. Overused to the point of being worn out; hackneyed: threadbare excuses.
- go through
- go through the hoop
- go through the motions
- go through the roof
- Gotland
- go-to
- go to bat for
- go to bed with
- go to extremes
- go to head
- go to it
- go to (one's) head
- go to one's head
- go to pieces
- go to press
- go to seed
- go to the bathroom
- go to the devil
- go to the dogs
- go to the mat
- go to the wall
- go to town
- gotta
- gotten
- Gottfried Wilhelm von