look like something the cat dragged in
look like something the cat dragged in
To look exhausted, worn out, untidy, or dirty. After an afternoon playing out in the back yard, the kids came back looking like something the cat dragged in. He wants to take me out to a fancy restaurant, but I just got home from work and look like something the cat dragged in.
See also: cat, drag, like, look, something
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
look like something the cat dragged in
Fig. to look very shabby, worn, exhausted, or abused. (Sometimes with drug.) That new sofa of theirs looks like something the cat dragged in. Poor Dave looks like something the cat drug in. He must have been out late last night.
See also: cat, drag, like, look
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
look like something the cat dragged in
Appear completely bedraggled, as in After running around in the rain for hours, I looked like something the cat dragged in . This expression alludes to a cat's bringing home birds or mice it has killed or savaged. [c. 1920]
See also: cat, drag, like, look, something
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
look like something the cat dragged in
orlook like something the cat brought in
If someone or something looks like something the cat dragged in, or looks like something the cat brought in, they look unpleasant or unappealing. It is still possible to be an intelligent and successful woman and look like something the cat has dragged in. What money cannot buy is dress sense.
See also: cat, drag, like, look, something
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- back
- back at (something or some place)
- be/go back to square one
- come back and see us
- back to square one
- break one's neck, to
- (in) back of (something)
- back of
- back of something
- back over