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]

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“You look like something the cat dragged in.”

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In photos they look like something the cat dragged in.

Right this minute you look like something the cat dragged in.

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