to look like something the cat brought in/dragged in
Variantes
to be a mess, to look a sight, to be down at heel, to look like the wreck of the Hesperus
Contexto
Fay saw the police go up, Heard the shouts, and watched them all come down, three cops, she said, first, in uniform, called off the beat probably and then a plainclothesman holding on to Jody’s arm and talking into her hair, and then Tom with another plainclothesman, and wearing his cap…no doubt he has made them wait while he put it on…and then the rest, Og, who looked like something the cat brought in, and Beryl […]