"miserable as a wet hen" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} miserable as a wet hen (not comparable)
  1. (US, colloquial, simile) Thoroughly miserable or dejected. Tags: US, colloquial, not-comparable Related terms: angry as a wet hen, mad as a wet hen, wild as a wet hen
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