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have known better days

To be or look particularly shabby, ill-kept, or in poor condition. Well, this car has known better days, but it's been reliable for me since the day I bought it 20 years ago. The poor guy who runs the building is a sweet fellow, but he has certainly known better days by the looks of him.

have seen/known better ˈdays

be in a worse condition than in the past: That jacket of yours has seen better days — isn’t it time you bought a new one?

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have seen/known better days
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seen better days, to have
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out at the heel(s)
out at the knees
out at elbows
out at the elbows
not too shabby

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to coin a phrase
to come
to crown it all
to cut a long story short
to date
to death
to die for
to distraction
to do with
to each his own
to each his/her/their own
to end all
to err is human
to err is human (to forgive is divine)
to err is human, to forgive divine
to everything there is a season
to face
to go
to God
to God/goodness/Heaven
to good effect
to good purpose
to good, little, etc. effect
to goodness
to ground
to had known better days
to hand
to have a hollow leg
to heart's content
to heaven
to heel
to hell and back
to hell and gone
to hell in a handbasket
to hell with
to hell with (someone or something)
to hell with somebody/something
To hell with that!
to kingdom come
to liking
to little avail
to little effect
to little purpose
to little/good/some/no purpose
to little/no avail
to look at (someone or something)
to look at somebody/something
to make a long story short
to my mind
to my, your, etc. way of thinking
to name
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to God/goodness/Heaven
to good effect
to good purpose
to good purpose
to good purpose
to good purpose
to good, little, etc. effect
to goodness
To google
To grapple with
To grasp at
to grasp at straws
to grasp the bull by its horns
to grasp the bull by the horns
To grease in the hand
to grease someone's palm/fist
to grease the palm of
to grind to a halt
to grit one's teeth
to ground
to ground
to ground
to ground
to ground
to ground
to grow a pair
To grow out of
To grow up
To gulp up
to hack it
to had known better days
to had seen better days
to hand
to hand
to hand
to hand
to hand
to hand
To hand down
To hand over
To handle without gloves
To handle without mittens
to handle/treat with kid gloves
To hang around
To hang back
to hang by a thread
To hang by the eyelids
To hang down
To hang fire
to hang from a thread
To hang in doubt
To hang in the hedge
To hang on
to hang on by a bare thread
to hang on one's every word
To hang on the lips
To hang out
to hang out a white flag
to hang out one's shingle
To hang out the white flag
To hang out the white flag
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