With most of its best players traded away, the team was reduced to a shadow of its former self.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
(a) shadow of your former self — a shadow of (your/its) former self a smaller, weaker, or less important form of someone or something. With most of its best players traded away, the team was reduced to a shadow of its former self … New idioms dictionary
(a) shadow of former self — a shadow of (your/its) former self a smaller, weaker, or less important form of someone or something. With most of its best players traded away, the team was reduced to a shadow of its former self … New idioms dictionary
former — for|mer1 W1S2 [ˈfo:mə US ˈfo:rmər] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: forme first (12 16 centuries), from Old English forma] 1.) happening or existing before, but not now →↑present, previous ↑previous ▪ the former Soviet Union ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
shadow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dark, deep, dense, strong ▪ The house lay in dark shadow. ▪ black ▪ faint … Collocations dictionary
shadow — shad|ow1 W2 [ˈʃædəu US dou] n ↑shadow ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(dark shape)¦ 2¦(darkness)¦ 3¦(bad effect/influence)¦ 4 without/beyond a shadow of a doubt 5 in somebody s shadow 6 be a shadow of your former self 7 shadows under your eyes 8 somebody s shadow 9… … Dictionary of contemporary English
shadow — [[t]ʃæ̱doʊ[/t]] ♦♦♦ shadows, shadowing, shadowed 1) N COUNT A shadow is a dark shape on a surface that is made when something stands between a light and the surface. An oak tree cast its shadow over a tiny round pool... Nothing would grow in the… … English dictionary
former — 1 adjective (only before noun) 1 happening or existing before, but not now: The coal industry is now barely half its former size. | civil war in the former Yugoslavia | former president/soldier/wife etc (=someone who was a president etc, but who… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
shadow — 1 noun 1 DARKNESS (U) also shadows plural darkness caused by something preventing light from entering a place: in shadow: The room was half in shadow. | in the shadows: a thief lurking in the shadows 2 DARK SHAPE (C) a dark shape that someone or… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Shadow Riders — This article is about a group of villains in the Yu Gi Oh! GX anime. For the Canadian animated series, see Shadow Raiders. The Shadow Riders, known as the Seven Stars Assassins (セブンスターズ刺客, Sebunsutāzu Shikaku?) in the original Japanese language… … Wikipedia
Shadow-Mirror — The Shadow Mirror refers to a dimension travelling army of mecha and their crew that have made appearances in the Super Robot Wars video game series. They appear in Super Robot Wars Advance, and Super Robot Wars Original Generations. The Shadow… … Wikipedia
