Sentence examples similar to worn-out dog from inspiring English sources

Why is someone like me, who worked for the BBC for more than 25 years, worrying my old boss like a dog with a worn-out shoe?

A scene in which 20-year-old Lambert is having sex with his worn-out submissive mother is played for laughs, a pet dog rutting at his leg.

A hackneyed, worn-out idea isn't hackneyed and worn out to them".

Worn-out formulations abound.

(And worn-out millionaires at that.

Georges, whose dapper evening jacket is definitely not bespoke, has a worn-down, worn-out appearance.

It's a worn-out, macho affectation.

"Worn-out clothes and hair askew, puffing on cigarettes like no one's business, and, even from my perch, quite obviously putting on the dog, plain as a slice of moldy muskrat meat".

The costume has become worn-out over the years.

The cars' worn-out appearances are only skin deep.

(A worn-out joke? Yes — for old times' sake).