the worse for wear

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe worse for wearthe worse for wear (also the worse for drink British English) informalCONDITION/STATE OF something drunk → worseExamples from the Corpusthe worse for wear• Architectural details there were few and those were the worse for wear.• Here I was, returning from a presidential mission, and plainly the worse for wear.• It was a long evening, and he arrived home at two in the morning, much the worse for wear.• But I digress ... We are all somewhat the worse for wear after a long night in the hotel bar.• John McGuire was slightly the worse for wear after his night out with his wife.• They were a bit the worse for wear; the flat was not clean and was damp.• But I can see he's the worse for wear, the weathering the worker wreaks on himself.

单词	the worse for wear
释义	the worse for wear From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe worse for wearthe worse for wear (also the worse for drink British English) informalCONDITION/STATE OF something drunk → worseExamples from the Corpusthe worse for wear• Architectural details there were few and those were the worse for wear.• Here I was, returning from a presidential mission, and plainly the worse for wear.• It was a long evening, and he arrived home at two in the morning, much the worse for wear.• But I digress ... We are all somewhat the worse for wear after a long night in the hotel bar.• John McGuire was slightly the worse for wear after his night out with his wife.• They were a bit the worse for wear; the flat was not clean and was damp.• But I can see he's the worse for wear, the weathering the worker wreaks on himself.
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