look as if (one) has been pulled through a hedge backward(s)
look as if (one) has been pulled through a hedge backward(s)
slang To look very disheveled or unkempt. Do I look OK, or do I look as if I've been pulled through a hedge backward? You need to comb your hair, because you right now look as if you had been pulled through a hedge backwards.
See also: been, hedge, if, look, pull, through
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- look like (one) has been pulled through a hedge backward(s)
- look as if (one) has been dragged through a hedge backward(s)
- look like (one) has been dragged through a hedge backward(s)
- dragged through a hedge backward(s)
- look on with
- look on with (someone)
- look ahead
- have a look-see
- get a dirty look (from someone)
- give somebody/get a dirty look