LOOK LIKE HE WAS DRAGGED THROUGH A KNOTHOLE

Meaning of LOOK LIKE HE WAS DRAGGED THROUGH A KNOTHOLE in English

appear to be very tired, burn out , run down

After a divorce and a funeral, Anne looked like she'd been dragged through a knothole.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

LOOK LIKE HE WAS DRAGGED THROUGH A KNOTHOLE — appear to be very tired, burn out, run down After a divorce and a funeral, Anne looked like she'd been …
English Idioms vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KNOTHOLE — noun Date: 1726 a hole in a board or tree trunk where a knot or branch has come out
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THROUGH
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOOK — I. ˈlu̇k verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English looken, loken, from Old English lōcian; akin to Middle Dutch loeken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KNOTHOLE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a hole in a board or tree trunk where a knot or branch has come out
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRAGGED — past of drag
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRAGGED — (imp. & p. p.) of Drag
Английский словарь Webster
THROUGH — ( a. ) Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DRAGGED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Drag
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROUGH — /throoh/ , prep. 1. in at one end, side, or surface and out at the other: to pass through a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOOK — /look/ , v.i. 1. to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KNOTHOLE — /not"hohl'/ , n. a hole in a board or plank formed by the falling out of a knot or a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KNOTHOLE — n. hole in a piece of lumber where a knot once was
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THROUGH
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOOK — I. ˈlu̇k verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lōcian; akin to Old Saxon lōcōn to look Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIKE
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KNOTHOLE — noun Date: 1726 : a hole in a board or tree trunk where a knot or branch has come out
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THROUGH — prep by means of; by the agency of. 2. through ·adv from beginning to end; as, to read a letter …
Webster English vocab
LOOK — vt to expect. 2. look ·vt to express or manifest by a look. 3. look ·vt to look at; to …
Webster English vocab
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
DRAGGED — impf & ·p.p. of drag.
Webster English vocab
KNOTHOLE — ■ noun a hole in a piece of wood where a knot has fallen out.
Concise Oxford English vocab
LOOK — [look] vb [ME, fr. OE locian; akin to OS locon to look] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to make sure or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KNOTHOLE — [knot.hole] n (1726): a hole in a board or tree trunk where a knot or branch has come out
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KNOTHOLE — knothole BrE AmE ˈnɒt həʊl ⇨-hɒʊl AmE \ ˈnɑːt hoʊl ▷ knothole|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THROUGH — / θruː; NAmE / preposition , adverb , adjective ■ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses of through …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOK — / lʊk; NAmE / verb , noun , exclamation ■ verb USE EYES 1. [ v ] look (at sb/sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROUGH — I. through 1 S1 W1 /θruː/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb 1 . DOOR/PASSAGE ETC into one side or end …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOOK — I. look 1 S1 W1 /lʊk/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: locian ] 1 . SEE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROUGH — prep., adv., & adj. (also thro', US thru) --prep. 1 a from end to end or from side to side …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOOK — v., n., & int. --v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROUGH — prep., adv., & adj. (also thro', US thru) prep. 1 a from end to end or from side to side …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOOK — v., n., & int. v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROUGH — prep., adv., & adj. (also thro', US thru) --prep. 1. a from end to end or from side to side …
Oxford English vocab
LOOK — v., n., & int. --v. 1. a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
LOOK — I. USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND /lʊk/ ( looks, looking, looked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROUGH — The preposition is pronounced /θru:/. In other cases, 'through' is pronounced /θru:/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROUGH — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LOOK — I. USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WAS — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hair was dripping ▪ Her boots were muddy and her hair was dripping . honeymoon was …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THROUGH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOOK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HE — I. pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES he doth (= does ) old though it is/tired though he was etc ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THROUGH — (DIRECT) [adjective] [not gradable] - going directly from one place to anotherIf you travel on a through train, you stay …
Cambridge English vocab
LOOK — Synonyms and related words : NB, admire, air, angle, angle for, animadvert, anticipate, appear, appear like, appearance, ask for, aspect, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KNOTHOLE — Synonyms and related words : air hole, armhole, blowhole, bullet-hole, bunghole, cringle, deadeye, eye, eyelet, gasket, grommet, guide, keyhole, loop, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROUGH — adj. run through run through or over carry through come through flip through leaf through muddle through pull through riff …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LOOK — n. look at look upon look into look down look in look out look up side look good looking ill …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LOOK — I. noun 1 act of looking at/considering sth ADJECTIVE ▪ little ▪ brief , cursory , quick ▪ careful , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THROUGH — See ↑ ACROSS 1, ↑ BECAUSE 1, ↑ DURING 1, ↑ TIME 7, ↑ UNTIL 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOOK
Longman Activator English vocab
LOOK — See ↑ EXPRESSION ON SB'S FACE 1, ↑ LOOK 1,9,10, ↑ SEEM 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can't look sb in …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
THROUGH — adj. 25B6; preposition we drove through the tunnel : INTO AND OUT OF, to the other/far side of, from one …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

English Idioms vocabulary

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