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seen better days have seen better daysTo be or look particularly shabby, ill-kept, or in poor condition. Wow, this car has seen better days. What'd you do, drive it through a minefield? The poor guy who runs the building has certainly seen better days, but he's a sweet fellow.See also: better, days, have, seenseen (or known) better days be in a worse state than in the past; have become old, worn-out, or shabby.See also: better, days, seenseen better days tv. showing signs of wear or exhaustion. (Always a past participle.) This coat has seen better days. See also: better, days, seenseen better days, to haveTo have declined, to have become less prosperous, more worn, and the like. This term was first used by Shakespeare to describe a decline of fortune; Timon’s steward, Flavius, says to his servants, “Let’s shake our heads, and say, as ’twere a knell unto our master’s fortunes, ‘We have seen better days’” (Timon of Athens, 4.2). Sir Walter Scott used it to describe aging (The Lay of the Last Minstrel, 1805): “His wither’d cheek and tresses grey seem’d to have known a better day.” We still use it to describe, for example, a piece of worn-out furniture (“This couch has seen better days”).See also: better, have, seen |