be down at heel
11down-at-heel — adj 1 ILL DRESSED, frayed, tattered, ragged, drab, frowsy, dowdy, shabby, poor, slovenly 2 the pub looked down at heel dingy, run down, dilapidated, ramshackle, in disrepair, neglected, tumbledown, uncared for COLLOQ. tatty, tacky, seedy * * *… …
12down-at-heel — also down at heel ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is down at heel is in a in bad condition because it has been used too much or has not been looked after properly. If you say that someone is down at heel, you mean that they are wearing old,… …
13down at heel — Someone who is down at heel is short of money. ( Down in heel is used in American English) (Dorking School Dictionary) *** A person who is down at heel is someone whose appearance is untidy or neglected because of lack of money. … …
14down at heel — adjective a) In poor condition, especially due to having worn heels; worn out, shabby. A pair of Oxford mixture trousers . . .fell in a series of not the most graceful folds over a pair of shoes sufficiently down at heel to display a pair of very …
15down-at-heel — British, American & Australian, American badly dressed or in a bad condition because of a lack of money. When I first met her she was down at heel but still respectable. The play was set in a down at heel hotel in post war Germany …
16Down at heel — Someone who is down at heel is short of money. ( Down in heel is used in American English) …
17down-at-heel — adjective Attributive form of down at heel …
18down-at-heel — UK / US adjective 1) looking old and no longer in good condition down at heel offices 2) wearing old clothes, because you do not have enough money to buy new ones …
19down-at-heel — or[down at the heel] or[down at the heels] {adj.} Poorly kept up or dressed shabby; not neat; sloppy. * /John is always down at the heels, but his sister is always very neat./ * /Old houses sometimes look down at the heel./ …
20down-at-heel — or[down at the heel] or[down at the heels] {adj.} Poorly kept up or dressed shabby; not neat; sloppy. * /John is always down at the heels, but his sister is always very neat./ * /Old houses sometimes look down at the heel./ …
