like death warmed over
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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 • Nov. 26, 2018
For a while there he looked like death warmed over.
From Time • Dec. 22, 2011
On the walls of an art gallery, his efforts look like death warmed over.
From New York Times • May 21, 2010
"You look like death warmed over," his wife, Kate, announced caustically, as she met him at the top of the stairs.
From Wild Justice by Sprague, Ruth M.
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