John is always down-at-the-heels, but his sister is always very neat.
Old houses sometimes look down-at-the-heel.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
down at the heel — (Amer.) badly dressed due to lack of money; shabbily dressed ; wearing old clothes or ragged clothes due to lack of money; dilapidated; of run down look … English contemporary dictionary
down-at-the-heel — adjective see down at heel * * * down at the heel «DOWN uht thuh HEEL», adjective, adverb. shabby; slovenly: »He had a ragged down at the heel lk … Useful english dictionary
down at (the) heel(s) — idi down at (the) heel(s), dressed in shabby clothing; looking slovenly … From formal English to slang
down at the heel — Synonyms and related words: beat up, bedraggled, beggared, beggarly, bereaved, bereft, blowzy, careless, chintzy, deprived, dilapidated, disadvantaged, dowdy, down at heel, down at the heels, drabbletailed, draggled, draggletailed, fleeced,… … Moby Thesaurus
down-at-the-heel — adjective see down at the heels … New Collegiate Dictionary
To be down at the heel — Heel Heel, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h[=e]la, perh. for h[=o]hila, fr. AS. h[=o]h heel (cf. {Hough}); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, h[=e]la, Icel. h[ae]ll, Dan. h[ae]l, Sw. h[ a]l, and L. calx. [root]12. Cf. {Inculcate}.] 1. The hinder part of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
down at the heel — phrasal see down at heel … New Collegiate Dictionary
down-at-the-heel — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective See down at heel … English dictionary for students
down at the heel — phrasal see down at heel … Useful english dictionary
down-at-the-heels — • down at heel • down at the heel • 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 … Словарь американских идиом
