"Be worn to a shadow" nghĩa là gì?

Rạc cả người. Photo courtesy Jenavieve.

'Be worn to a shadow' nghĩa là lo đến rạc người (made thin and weary through eg hard work).

Ví dụ
She was worn to a shadow after months of nursing her sick husband.

We expected to find you, after your illness and the anxieties of the case, worn to a shadow here in the country.

Then she got better at last, all worn to a shadow, and with her beautiful hair cut off; but that didn't make no change in her young man, and he stuck to her as true as man could be.

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