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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Example Sentences

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

By Jove, I'm as weak as a kitten too….

From Widdershins by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

Anybody can see you’re as weak as a kitten.

From Brand Blotters by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)

I was as weak as a kitten, and, indeed, it has been a marvel to me ever since that I succeeded at all in coming out of the Shadow.

From In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians by Lange, Algot