look like something the cat dragged in



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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Alanbrooke['a:ləmbruk]
Rafaela-Spanish, Portuguese, Macedonian
Tural-Azerbaijani
Honoratahaw-naw-RAH-tah (Polish)Late Roman, Polish
Yannis-Greek
PeregrinePER-ə-grin, PER-ə-greenEnglish (Rare)