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Verb
look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards (third-person singular simple present looks as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards, present participle looking as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards, simple past and past participle looked as if one had been dragged through a hedge backwards)
- (intransitive, British, simile, humorous, informal) To look extremely dishevelled.
- Synonym: look like something the cat dragged in
1865, R. H. Copperthwaite, “Turf Topics”, in The Turf and the Racehorse , London: Day and Son, , →OCLC, pages 78–79:Bill is right, for I heard him say myself she [a racehorse] couldn't stay; he'd eat her if she won: drawn too fine; was on the go; done too much work; had a bad night, and looked as if she was dragged through a hedge backwards, and hadn't eaten a feed of corn for a month.
1875, Mary Neville, “ Chapter VI. Leaves from an Old Diary.”, in Alice Godolphin and A Little Heiress. Two Stories. , volume II, London: Samuel Tinsley, , →OCLC, page 57:"Papa wants you in the library," she said, coldly; "but I advise you not to go downstairs till you have smoothed your hair. You look as if you had been dragged through a hedge backwards."
2004, Harry Turner, “High Fashion 1947 Style”, in Growing Up in Fulham: Memories of SW6 1940–1953, London: Janus Publishing Company, published 2006, →ISBN, page 215:"I want the waist to be narrow," I told the tailor at Huntsmans, "I don't want to look as if I've been dragged through a hedge backwards."
: Fit2Fill,
→ISBN, act I, scene ii,
page 22:
Fasten that top button, Kosh. […] And tidy up that bearskin! You look like you've been dragged through a hedge backwards.]
, London: News Group Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-11-15:A nail technician was mortified after splurging £500 on 'princess hair' only to end up looking like she'd been "dragged through a hedge backwards" – after getting in a hot tub. […] The teen confesses that advice is to avoid chlorinated water, wearing your hair in a bun or sleeping with wet hair after having extensions fitted – and she managed to do all three in one night.]
Usage notes
The term is sometimes used with other words, for example, like instead of as if.
Translations
to look extremely dishevelled
- Finnish: näyttää aivan sotkuiselta
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- Macedonian: и́згледа нави́стина неу́редно (ízgleda navístina neúredno)
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