Explanation: Ragged broken. Tattered clothes. Usage: The main predicate; as subject, attributive, adverbial; containing derogatory Source: Qin Hengyu "Zuo Venerable years' training of the order, if Ao, Fen risk, arduous to activate the mountains. "Du Yu's Note Lanlv shabby clothes." Examples: You see, - the hungry are frozen Suzhe shoulder, waiting Zhuangjia street door. ★ Liu Qing "Pioneering" the first
n.: like sth. the cat brought in, be dressed in rags, dressed in rags, in rags, in shreds and tatters, like something the car has brought[dragged]in, in sorry clothes
Thesaurus
like sth. the cat brought in, be on one's back, be afficted with all ills; be full of sores and ulcers; be heavily damaged; riddled with gaping wounds, have too many difficulties to cope with, coat or clothing worn-out dress, await urgently necessary condition, eat one's corn in the blade, behindhand in one's circumstance, not a stitch on [to] one's back (=without a stitch of clothing), Yinzhimaoliang, Create a hundred thousand holes
Antonym Group
as of old, disapproval, not much, no object, not concern one, Had nothing to do, preoccupation, carpe diem; enjoy the present day,and trust the least possible to the future; have a good time while we have the chance; make merry while we can, make a long nose at sb., conformism, land bringing peace and order to, Anfenshouji, Law-abiding Shou Chang, Keep quiet, Discard worthless thing as a pair of ragged(shabby,worn-out) shoes, Abandoned if worthless thing as a pair of ragged(shabby,worn-out) shoes, absence, insecurity, have plenty of space, insouciance, follow in other people's footsteps, defy, apathy, easiness, leisure, Chuoyouyuyu, Chuo Ran superabound, enough and to spare, EXCELLENCE IN GEOTECHNICAL a margin, behave according to decorum, His predecessor, be spruce in one's dress; put on the ritz; in business suit, clothes and hat tidy, exactitude, Jianguitaju, observe the relevant code of conduct and the law and honestly perform one's official duties, Treasures fill the home, spaced out