the worse for wear

Meaning

1. 1

   in a poor condition because of being used a lot

2. 2

   drunk

In the movies · 3

• looking even more the worse for wear than is the case hereSouthpaw2015
• A bit worse for wear, I'm afraid.The Wild Robot2024
• Far too many notes for my taste And most of them about Christine AII we've heard since we came Is Miss Daae's name - Miss Daae has returned - I hope no worse for wear - As far as we're concerned - Where precisely is she now?The Phantom of the Opera2004
• A little the worse for wear, I'm afraid.Batman Begins2005
• And yet, both bears back in pursuit of Saturn, including Mickey, who appears to have gotten the worse for the wear in the fight between Sergeant Brown and Mickey for the right to court Saturn, the queen of the Grizzly Sanctuary.Grizzly Man2005

Learn it in full scenes

• The Wild Robot2024
  • Roz Boots Up on the Island
  • Roz Becomes an Accidental Mother
  • Fink Teaches the Gosling

From the same entry

• come off worse
• go from bad to worse
• worse luck
• bark is worse than their bite
• a fate worse than death
• be worse off
• you can do worse than do
• be none the worse
• for better or worse
• so much the better
• a change for the better
• can't be bad