sorry sight

a sorry sight

Someone or something that has a piteous, woeful, or wretched appearance. Our son was a sorry sight after his six-month-long trip around Southeast Asia on his own. He said he had the time of his life, but to us he just looked skinny, dirty, and threadbare. The house was quite a sorry sight when we returned home. Trash and random junk were piled all over every room while scrawny, dirty cats prowled around, picking at various scraps of food. A: "Well, you're a sorry sight. What's wrong?" B: "Um, Shelly just broke up with me."
See also: sight, sorry
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sorry sight

 and sad sight
a sight that one regrets seeing; someone or something that is unpleasant to look at. Well, aren't you a sorry sight! Go get cleaned up and put on some fresh clothes.
See also: sight, sorry
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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