to look like the wreck of the hesperus
- Fuente de la expresión
- A Dictionary of Catch Phrases from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day
- Estructura completa
- to look like the wreck of the Hesperus
- Variantes
- to be a mess, to look a sight, to be down at heel
- Contexto
- Dear God, Janine. What’s on earth the matter with you, girl? Look around you, for Christ’s sake. Who’d want to come home to this? It’s like a bloody pig sty.’ Janine’s declaration of love for her son had softened Sarah up. She reasoned that if she could help the girl, she could save their marriage as well as the child. ‘Look at yourself. You look like the wreck of the Hesperus!
- Tipo de fuente
- book
- Autor
- Martina Cole
- Título de la fuente
- Dangerous lady
- Año
- 1992
- Web
- Corpus of Contemporary American English
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General en desuso
- Frecuencia
- Raro