That old car looks like it was ridden hard and put away wet.
ridden hard and put away wet
idiomMistreated; not properly cared for.
Origin
disputed originFrom the inadvisable practice of riding a horse and then stabling it while it is still coated in sweat, rather than brushing and grooming it properly afterwards.
He bought a used laptop that had clearly been ridden hard and put away wet, so it crashed constantly.
The abandoned estate appeared as if it had been ridden hard and put away wet, with its once-grand architecture now crumbling from years of total neglect.
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all wet
Utterly incorrect; erroneous; uninformed.
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away game
An athletic contest played away from the team's home field.
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away with the fairies
Not all there; slightly crazy.
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bang away
to strike or hit repeatedly
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bear away the bell
To be superior in something.
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beaver away
To work hard at a task.
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blaze away
To fire (firearms) repeatedly.
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blow away
To kill (someone) by shooting them with a firearm.