Idiom
down at heel
Meaning
Shabbily dressed, slovenly; impoverished; shabby, dilapidated.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“His old shoes look quite down at heel.”
“After losing his job, he looked rather down at heel in his worn-out coat and scuffed boots.”
“The once-grand estate had become noticeably down at heel, with peeling paint and overgrown gardens reflecting the family's declining fortune.”
Examples
simple
“His old shoes look quite down at heel.”
contextual
“After losing his job, he looked rather down at heel in his worn-out coat and scuffed boots.”
complex
“The once-grand estate had become noticeably down at heel, with peeling paint and overgrown gardens reflecting the family's declining fortune.”
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