Helen Nguyen
2020-12-14 11:12
You look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards British humorous slang
What happened with your hair? You look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards.
I think you should brush your hair first because you look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards.
The heavy wind made Jim look as if he had been dragged through a hedge backwards.
To look very messy
Used to refer to the state of total bewilderment and disorganization.
1. Used to say that something is very unique or distinctive.
2. Very disorganized and untidy.
3. Very strange.
Used to refer to a clutter or mess
1. Used to describe something imperfect but ready for use or action
2. Used to describe someone or something slightly lacking in refinement, sophistication, manners, etc.
3. Used to describe someone who is a bit sick or unwell, especially because someone is suffer from a hangover
This expression derives from colloquial English. The earliest citation of it is from a no less august Arcadian source thanThe Hereford Journal, February 1857, in a report of a poultry show:
"In the class for any distinct breed came a pen of those curious birds the silk fowls, shown by Mr. Churchill, and a pen of those not less curious the frizzled fowls, sent by the same gentleman, looking as if they had been drawn through a hedge backwards." (Source: phrases.org.uk)
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