ボロ雑ぞう巾きん

noun

dirty worn-out rag

A cleaning cloth that is old, tattered, and dirty; often used figuratively to describe something or someone in a shabby, worn-out state.

• 彼かれはボロ雑ぞう巾きんのように疲つかれ果はてていた。

  He was exhausted like a dirty worn-out rag.

• その古ふるいタオルはもうボロ雑ぞう巾きんだ。

  That old towel is already a dirty worn-out rag.