down-at-heel (redirected from down-at-the-heel)

down-at-heel (dount-hl) or down-at-the-heel (-t-th-)

adj.

1. Worn out from long use or neglect; dilapidated.

2. Shabbily dressed because of poverty; seedy.

Thesaurus

down-at-heel

adjective poor, impoverished, shabby, badly off, seedy, on the rocks, hard up (informal), penniless, poverty-stricken, in need, in want, impecunious, on the breadline, penurious, on your uppers, without two pennies to rub together (informal), on your beam-ends, out at elbows a down-at-heel waitress in a greasy diner

Translations

down-at-heel [ˈdaʊnətˈhiːl] ADJ [person, appearance] → desastrado; [bar, café] → de mala muerte; [shoes] → gastado

down-at-heel [ˌdaʊnətˈhiːl] adj → scalcagnato/a; (fig) → trasandato/a

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down-at-heel [ˌdaʊnətˈhiːl] adj → scalcagnato/a; (fig) → trasandato/a