Learn · Idioms Sickness & Health
A shadow of your former self
C1Meaning
Significantly weaker or less healthy than before.
Example sentences
After the accident, he was a shadow of his former self.
The illness left her a shadow of her former self.
Learn · Idioms Sickness & Health
Significantly weaker or less healthy than before.
After the accident, he was a shadow of his former self.
The illness left her a shadow of her former self.