Worse for wear?
These shoes are the worse for wear.
By worse, what does it really mean?
inconvenient to wear?
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Yunqing Zhang By worse, what does it really mean? In poorer condition. 'For' means 'because of'.
- Yunqing Zhang By worse, what does it really mean?
- In poorer condition.
- 'For' means 'because of'.
- The shoes are in poorer condition because they have been worn for such a long time.
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Yunqing ZhangBy worse, what does it really mean?
In poorer condition. 'For' means 'because of'. The shoes are in poorer condition because they have been worn for such a long time.
0'Worse for wear' is an expression meaning that something is looking tired or old due to having been used a lot.
It looks 'worse' because it has been receiving a lot of 'wear'.
In your example, the shoes look old and worn-out. They have been worn a lot and now don't look as good as they used to; they are 'the worse for wear'.
It's an expression that can also be used to de
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