like death warmed over
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Johnson looked like death warmed over.
From Washington Post
From around the mid-1970s onward, General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and the entire Soviet Politburo were looking like death warmed over.
From Salon
A few sessions actually really seems to have done the trick, and he’s back in his own bed now and looking less like death warmed over.
From Slate
As the sole long-term resident of the retreat looks like death warmed over, drinking it doesn’t seem like the smartest move.
From New York Times
“It was shocking. His eyes were black. He looked like death warmed over.”
From Seattle Times
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