malparado
dejar malparado
leave + Nombre + in a sorry state (of affairs)
leave + Nombre + in a bad way
Overfishing and poor management have left the world's seas in a sorry state.
My partner suffered a pulmonary embolism which shocked the whole family and left her in a bad way.
no salir malparado por
be none the worse for (that)
The author concludes that although many of the innovations discussed did not survive, the schools were none the worse for their experimentation.
salir malparado
be the worse for it
get + the shit(tty) end of the stick
get + the short end of the stick
get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue
get + a raw deal
be in a sorry state (of affairs)
be in a bad way
be in a bad state (of affairs)
The current practice of lies and deceit practiced by banks is going to ultimately be their own undoing, and we'll all be the worse for it.
No matter how you look at it you are getting the shit end of the stick.
Statistics show that women usually get the short end of the stick when their marriages break up.
So the unhappy lame man got up with a flea in his ear and went to the second Prince, but here, too, he got the rough edge of his tongue = Así pues, el cojo desafortunado se levantó con las orejas gachas y fue a ver al segundo príncipe, pero de nuevo salió escaldado.
Boys are getting a raw deal because the education system dramatically favours girls, a leading academic has warned.
Often quoted as the most polluted sea of the world, the Baltic Sea is indeed in a sorry state.
Several of those who are wounded, have had their limbs cut off, ?nd arc thought to be in a bad way.
In recent years the agricultural sector has been in a bad state of affairs, and a bold planning policy in this direction is necessary.
