feel like death warmed over

feel like death warmed over

To feel extremely ill, exhausted, or worn out. Wow, how much did you have to drink last night? You feel like death warmed over! He felt like death warmed over after running that race.See also: death, feel, like, over, warm

like death warmed over/up, to feel/look

To feel or look utterly exhausted or extremely ill. This comparison to one step away from death originated in the twentieth century, perhaps during World War I; it appears in a dictionary of soldiers’ slang of 1939. It may be obsolescent, although a shortened form, to feel like death, is still current.See also: death, feel, like, look, over, warm