misc. down at the heels ; out at the elbows
他看见两个衣衫褴褛的小男孩站在绿天鹅窝后面。
He caught sight of the two little ragged boys behind the green swan-hutch.
小心不要让他落到“衣衫褴褛的山地居民”这样的俗套境地。
Be careful not to make him into the cliché of the "ragged mountain dweller".
他的脸上露出喜色，随即问那衣衫褴褛的候补国王：“国玺在什么地方？”
His face lighted, and he confronted the ragged candidate with this question, "Where lieth the Great Seal?"
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