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

The Umbrella Academy, the comic book series about the adopted siblings and misfit heroes who inspired the Netflix show by the same name, is getting a spinoff: You Look Like Death.

From New York Times

Merritt remembers this stark assessment by Thomas: “Your kidneys look like death.”

From New York Times

She felt old, she said, “400 years old. I saw myself in the mirror this morning, dear, and I look like Death sucking a pickle!”

From Washington Post

“Those towers look like death to me,” the governor is quoted as saying in Mr. Nobel’s book.

From New York Times

In campaigns, strategists try to make character assassination look like death by natural causes.

From Slate