尾お羽は打うち枯からす

expression, godan verb (-su)

be in a miserable state; be down and out

Idiomatic expression describing a person who has lost status, wealth, or vitality, often after a fall from a better position. Literally 'to wither one's tail feathers', evoking a bedraggled bird.

• 事じ業ぎょうに失しっ敗ぱいして、彼かれはすっかり尾お羽は打うち枯からしている。

  After his business failed, he is completely down and out.

• リストラされてから、尾お羽は打うち枯からした様よう子すで街まちを歩あるいていた。

  After being laid off, he walked around town looking utterly miserable.