英语词汇death warmed over的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	death warmed over
词源	death warmed over; on death’s doorstep. Someone who looks like death warmed over (or warmed up) looks like some- one exhausted, as pale as a sheet, his eyes almost like cigarette burns on said sheet. To quote another old proverb, he or she appears to be on death’s doorstep.
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