look like something the cat dragged in

Idioms  

1. Appear completely bedraggled, as in After running around in the rain for hours, I looked like something the cat dragged in. This expression alludes to a cat's bringing home birds or mice it has killed or savaged. [c. 1920]

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look like something the cat dragged in

In photos they look like something the cat dragged in.

From Time Magazine Archive

Right this minute you look like something the cat dragged in.

From The Sky Trap by Long, Frank Belknap