单词 | to look like something the cat has brought in |
释义 | > as lemmasto look (feel) like something the cat has brought in m. to look (feel) like something the cat has brought in: to appear, or to feel, exhausted or bedraggled. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > become weary or exhausted [verb (intransitive)] > appear to look (feel) like something the cat has brought in1928 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > be or become dirty or soiled with specific kinds of dirt [verb (intransitive)] > be dirty by being trailed in mud drabblea1400 lag1682 spoil1697 to look (feel) like something the cat has brought in1928 muddy1953 1928 R. A. Knox Footsteps at Lock viii. 79 Bredon felt, in an expressive modern phrase, like something the cat had brought in. 1940 R. Postgate Verdict of Twelve ii. ii. 112 Rosalie realized that for the family she was something the cat brought in. 1967 A. Wilson No Laughing Matter iii. 170 The sweet toothy smile froze to a ‘what's that the cat's brought in’ disdain. < as lemmas |
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