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like death warmed up

Meaning of "like death warmed up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIKE DEATH WARMED UP

like death warmed up


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIKE DEATH WARMED UP

like a lamb to the slaughter · like a log · like a pakapoo ticket · like a shag on a rock · like a shot · like a ton of bricks · like anything · like billyo · like cat and dog · like clockwork · like fun · like fury · like grim death · like hell · like mad · like magic · like nobody´s business · like sardines · like stink · like taking candy from a baby

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIKE DEATH WARMED UP

buttoned up · dolled up · dressed up · end up · fed up · fired up · glammed up · hyped up · keyed up · mixed up · psyched up · screwed up · shed up · speed up · speeded up · steamed up · stuffed up · tooled up · washed up · worked up · wrapped up

Synonyms and antonyms of like death warmed up in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «like death warmed up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIKE DEATH WARMED UP

Find out the translation of like death warmed up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of like death warmed up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «like death warmed up» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

像死亡回暖
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

como la muerte calentado
570 millions of speakers
en

English

like death warmed up
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मौत गरम की तरह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مثل درجة حرارة الموت حتى
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

как смерть разогревается
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

como a morte aquecido
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত্যুর মত গরম আপ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

comme la mort réchauffé
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Seperti kematian hangat
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

wie der Tod aufgewärmt
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

死はウォームアップのように
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

죽음은 워밍업 처럼
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kaya patine pati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

như cái chết ấm lên
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மரணத்தைப்போல் உறிஞ்சப்படுவதுபோல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

जसे मृत्यूचा उबदारपणा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Ölüm ısınmış gibi
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

come la morte riscaldato
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

jak śmierć rozgrzany
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

як смерть розігрівається
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ca moartea incalzit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όπως ο θάνατος ζεσταθεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

soos die dood opgewarm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

som döden värmas upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

som død varmet opp
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIKE DEATH WARMED UP»

Discover the use of like death warmed up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to like death warmed up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... an anesthetic and feeling like nothing on earth is not the time when you want a visitor. like death like grim death like death (also: like death warmed up) feeling or looking very unwell or completely exhausted: Much of the time I feel like death.
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... so frequently that it becomes tediously familiar. a fate worse than death: see FATE. kiss of death: see KISS. like death warmed up extremely tired or ill. informal 6 Like death warmed up was originally military slang, recorded from the 1930s.
John Ayto, 2010
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
... perform or repeat something so frequently that it becomes tediously familiar. a fate worse than death:seeFATE. like death warmed up extremely tired or ill. informal Like death warmed up was originally military slang, recorded from the 1930s.
Judith Siefring, 2004
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Anglické obrazné fráze a idiomy - English as easy as ABC
DEATH – to feel/look like death/like death warmed up – vypadat (cítit se) jako živá mrtvola It was dark and freezing cold. The soldier standing guard had a splitting headache and felt like death. “Let's face it – some men can look like death ...
Gulland Daphne M., 2011
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Richard Mallinson's Fast Fiction: Volume Two
'She said I looked like death warmed up.' 'Death warmed up?' repeats Bert. 'What the hell's that mean, then?' 'I dunno,' says Ron. 'It's an old saying.' 'Is it? Well, talking of old sayings, let me tell you — ' 'Next, please,' comes the call. * 'You're ...
Richard Mallinson, 2013
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Countdown to Poetry Writing: Step by Step Approach to ...
Not long ago I had a bad cold and as I sat hunched on the sofa with a blanket around me my wife said 'You look like death warmed up!' That didn't make me feel any better, but afterwards I did think about what a good comparison it was.
Steve Bowkett, 2009
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Chambers Idioms
dice with death see dice. hang/hold on like grim death see grim. the kiss of death see kiss. like death warmed up (often facet) in a very poor state, esp appearing ill, exhausted etc: He always looks like death warmed up first thing in the ...
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
Tiredness Tired all in; beat; buggered; bushed; creased; euchred; knackered; like death warmed up; rooted; shagged; shot; stonkered; stove-up; tuckered; whacked ; whipped; wiped; zonked Tiredness bonk To tire, exhaust do in; knacker; poop ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
9
Divided by a Common Language: A Guide to British and ...
... energy like it's going out of style selling fast look like a train wreck look disheveled look like death warmed over look like death warmed up low-rent low- class luck out be very lucky/be in luck + make out (with someone) get off (with someone) ...
Christopher Davies, 2007
10
Crime, Drugs and Social Theory: A Phenomenological Approach
And it was like death warmed up. Everyone called me death warmed up, 'cause I looked horrible, but other than that 1 did it for myself, I come off them for myself, 1 wanted off. CA: How important do you think those things [house, family] are to ...
Chris Allen, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIKE DEATH WARMED UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term like death warmed up is used in the context of the following news items.
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You Should Live So Long - Medscape
I am feeling a little like death warmed up, but nonetheless I thought it would be interesting to test my UbbLE age, and found it to be a decade ... «Medscape, Jul 15»
2
Mail Remembers: Burton Pair take part in TV show Bullseye
Mr Fairbrother said: "We had to have make-up put on us because without it you would look like death warmed up. I have never been so ... «Burton Mail, Jul 15»
3
Grandad completes 133-mile charity cycle race – despite suffering …
“When we arrived at our accommodation in Alston I felt like death warmed up and I was in two minds about whether to start again the following ... «SWNS, Jun 15»
4
The mixed emotions of watching a boxer you know and like being …
To say he looked like death warmed up would be an insult to honest leftovers. Even his pre-fight stretching was unconvincing. Would Geale ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
5
Daniel Geale And The Knockout
To say he looked like death warmed up would be an insult to honest leftovers. Even his pre-fight stretching was unconvincing. Would Geale ... «Bloguin, Jun 15»
6
Review: Insidious 3 ***
The Insidious franchise is beginning to look like death warmed up. After this genesis story, it may be time for Whannell to take good old Jennifer ... «RTE.ie, Jun 15»
7
Carbo-loading
Steve Moneghetti, the Commonwealth marathon gold medallist in 1994, summarised it as being “like death warmed up!” The current, most ... «Athletics Weekly, May 15»
8
Appearances shouldn't matter at work
Having someone remind me endlessly that I looked like death warmed up was something I could have done without. For someone with lower ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
9
Spring/summer 2015 finally arrives, but changing room mirrors risk …
Okay, you're not a supermodel but surely you put make-up on this morning yet you look like death warmed up. There is no hiding place for ... «WalesOnline, Apr 15»
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Totally Clueless - Her.ie Goes Back to College: The Awkward …
I feel like I should be in The Walking Dead as I look like death warmed up. My hair has gone crazy from lack of care, my skin looks like Mount Everest has set up ... «Her.ie, Apr 15»
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