looking as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards
looking as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards is the present participle and gerund of look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards.
Meaning of look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards
Verb
look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards (third-person singular simple present looks as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards, present participle looking as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards, simple past and past participle looked as if one had been dragged through a hedge backwards)
- To look extremely dishevelled.
- Bill is right, for I heard him say myself she [a racehorse] couldn't stay; he'd eat her if she won: drawn too fine; was on the go; done too much work; had a bad night, and looked as if she was dragged through a hedge backwards, and hadn't eaten a feed of corn for a month.1865, R. H. Copperthwaite, “Turf Topics”, in The Turf and the Racehorse […], London: Day and Son, […], →OCLC, pages 78–79
- Synonyms:
- look like something the cat dragged in
Questions about looking as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards
- What is looking as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards the present participle and gerund of?
- Looking as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards is the present participle and gerund of look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards.
Words near looking as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards in the dictionary
- looking ahead to
- looking alike
- looking alive
- looking around
- looking as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence
- looking as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards
- looking as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence
- looking at
- looking at oneself in the mirror
- looking away
- looking back
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