look like death

Idioms  

1. Also,. Look or feel very ill or exhausted. For example, After two nights without sleep, Bill looked like death warmed over, or This cold makes me feel like death. [Colloquial; 1930s]

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Example Sentences

“If they had kept the government together, it was going to look like death by a thousand cuts,” Mr. Schanzer said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2022

Kidd made his own exit, his robes gathered around him and a look like death on his face.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2019

On the walls of an art gallery, his efforts look like death warmed over.

From New York Times • May 21, 2010

"Andrea," said a teacher to her one day, "you look like death."

From Time Magazine Archive

When they turn around, I see that they look like death themselves.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung