shadow of oneself

*shadow of oneself

and *a shadow of itself; *a shadow of one's former self

Fig. someone or something that is not as strong, healthy, full, or lively as before. (*Typically: be ~; become ~.) The sick man was a shadow of his former self. The abandoned mansion was merely a shadow of its old self.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zelde	-	Yiddish
Vili	VEE-lee (Finnish)	Hungarian, Slovene, Finnish
Yamato	yah-mah-to	Japanese
Fumnanya	-	Western African, Igbo
Wendy	['wendi]
Eoforhild	-	Anglo-Saxon