limp as a rag

limp as a rag
((as) limp as a rag)
совершенно измученный, измотанный, измочаленный; см. тж. feel like a boiled rag

He stretched and said, ‘My God, I'm tired. The fever's left me limp as a rag. I think I'll go to bed.’ (Gr. Greene, ‘The Heart of the Matter’, book I, part III, ch. I) — - Господи, как я устал, - сказал он, потягиваясь. - Лихорадка меня вконец измочалила. Пойду-ка я спать.

‘These bull-fights are hell on one,’ Brett said. ‘I'm limp as a rag.’ (E. Hemingway, ‘The Sun Also Rises’, ch. XV) — - Черт знает как эти корриды изматывают, - сказала Брет. - Я вся размякла.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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