down at heel

adj

(literally, of footwear, hyphenated when used attributively) In poor condition, especially due to having worn heels; worn-out, shabby.

He used to be wealthy, but now he is down at heel.

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意味（1）

(literally, of footwear, hyphenated when used attributively) In poor condition, especially due to having worn heels; worn-out, shabby.

A pair of Oxford-mixture trousers […] fell in a series of not the most graceful folds over a pair of shoes sufficiently down at heel to display a pair of very soiled white stockings.

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意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension, hyphenated when used attributively) Shabbily dressed, slovenly; impoverished; shabby, dilapidated.

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