weak as a kitten

Idioms  

1. Feeble and fragile, as in After that bout with flu she was weak as a kitten. This simile has largely replaced weak as a cat, from the early 1800s.

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weak as a kitten

Arrived home at 10pm weak as a kitten and stayed in bed for a week after.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 30, 2016

The dream had left him weak as a kitten.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

I was propped up on pillows, as weak as a kitten.

From The Romance of a Christmas Card by Alice Ercle Hunt

I was over the worst of it by that time, but I was as weak as a kitten, and could hardly feed myself.

From Northern Diamonds by Frank Lillie Pollock

"Them shakes leaves me as weak as a kitten, sir," he said, preserving finely that air of unconsciousness as to anything but his business a helmsman should never lose.

From The Shadow Line; a confession by Joseph Conrad