"look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1865, R. H. Copperthwaite, “Turf Topics”, in The Turf and the Racehorse […], London: Day and Son, […], →OCLC, pages 78–79",
          "text": "Bill is right, for I heard him say myself she [a racehorse] couldn't stay; he'd eat her if she won: drawn too fine; was on the go; done too much work; had a bad night, and looked as if she was dragged through a hedge backwards, and hadn't eaten a feed of corn for a month.",
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          "ref": "1875, Mary Neville, “[A Little Heiress.] Chapter VI. Leaves from an Old Diary.”, in Alice Godolphin and A Little Heiress. Two Stories. […], volume II, London: Samuel Tinsley, […], →OCLC, page 57",
          "text": "\"Papa wants you in the library,\" she said, coldly; \"but I advise you not to go downstairs till you have smoothed your hair. You look as if you had been dragged through a hedge backwards.\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Harry Turner, “High Fashion 1947 Style”, in Growing Up in Fulham: Memories of SW6 1940–1953, London: Janus Publishing Company, published 2006, page 215",
          "text": "\"I want the waist to be narrow,\" I told the tailor at Huntsmans, \"I don't want to look as if I've been dragged through a hedge backwards.\"",
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          "ref": "[2018, Brian Luff, Jack and the Magical Beanstalk: A Traditional Family Pantomime, [London]: Fit2Fill, act I, scene ii, page 22",
          "text": "Fasten that top button, Kosh. […] And tidy up that bearskin! You look like you've been dragged through a hedge backwards.]",
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          "ref": "[2021 August 18, Martha Cliff, “Hair scare: I spent £500 on ‘princess hair’ – but as soon as I got it wet I looked like I’d been ‘dragged through a hedge backwards’”, in The Sun, London: News Group Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-11-15",
          "text": "A nail technician was mortified after splurging £500 on 'princess hair' only to end up looking like she'd been \"dragged through a hedge backwards\" – after getting in a hot tub. […] The teen confesses that advice is to avoid chlorinated water, wearing your hair in a bun or sleeping with wet hair after having extensions fitted – and she managed to do all three in one night.]",
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        "To look extremely dishevelled."
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        "(intransitive, British, simile, humorous, informal) To look extremely dishevelled."
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        {
          "word": "look like something the cat dragged in"
        }
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to look extremely dishevelled",
          "word": "näyttää aivan sotkuiselta"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ízgleda navístina neúredno",
          "sense": "to look extremely dishevelled",
          "word": "и́згледа нави́стина неу́редно"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˌlʊk‿əz‿ɪf ˈwʌn həz bɪn ˈdɹæɡd θɹuː‿ə hɛd͡ʒ ˈbækwɜːdz/",
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      "ipa": "/ˌlʊk‿əz‿ɪf ˈwʌn həz bɪn ˈdɹæɡd θɹu‿ə hɛd͡ʒ ˈbækwɝdz/",
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  "word": "look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards"
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          "text": "Bill is right, for I heard him say myself she [a racehorse] couldn't stay; he'd eat her if she won: drawn too fine; was on the go; done too much work; had a bad night, and looked as if she was dragged through a hedge backwards, and hadn't eaten a feed of corn for a month.",
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          "text": "\"Papa wants you in the library,\" she said, coldly; \"but I advise you not to go downstairs till you have smoothed your hair. You look as if you had been dragged through a hedge backwards.\"",
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          "ref": "2004, Harry Turner, “High Fashion 1947 Style”, in Growing Up in Fulham: Memories of SW6 1940–1953, London: Janus Publishing Company, published 2006, page 215",
          "text": "\"I want the waist to be narrow,\" I told the tailor at Huntsmans, \"I don't want to look as if I've been dragged through a hedge backwards.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "[2018, Brian Luff, Jack and the Magical Beanstalk: A Traditional Family Pantomime, [London]: Fit2Fill, act I, scene ii, page 22",
          "text": "Fasten that top button, Kosh. […] And tidy up that bearskin! You look like you've been dragged through a hedge backwards.]",
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          "ref": "[2021 August 18, Martha Cliff, “Hair scare: I spent £500 on ‘princess hair’ – but as soon as I got it wet I looked like I’d been ‘dragged through a hedge backwards’”, in The Sun, London: News Group Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-11-15",
          "text": "A nail technician was mortified after splurging £500 on 'princess hair' only to end up looking like she'd been \"dragged through a hedge backwards\" – after getting in a hot tub. […] The teen confesses that advice is to avoid chlorinated water, wearing your hair in a bun or sleeping with wet hair after having extensions fitted – and she managed to do all three in one night.]",
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        "(intransitive, British, simile, humorous, informal) To look extremely dishevelled."
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          "word": "look like something the cat dragged in"
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      "ipa": "/ˌlʊk‿əz‿ɪf ˈwʌn həz bɪn ˈdɹæɡd θɹuː‿ə hɛd͡ʒ ˈbækwɜːdz/",
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      "ipa": "/ˌlʊk‿əz‿ɪf ˈwʌn həz bɪn ˈdɹæɡd θɹu‿ə hɛd͡ʒ ˈbækwɝdz/",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to look extremely dishevelled",
      "word": "näyttää aivan sotkuiselta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ízgleda navístina neúredno",
      "sense": "to look extremely dishevelled",
      "word": "и́згледа нави́стина неу́редно"
    }
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  "word": "look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards"
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