poor old

== English == === Adjective === poor old (not comparable) (informal) Used to indicate that one has sympathy for something or someone familiar that does not have an optimal situation. ==== See also ==== good old big old little old ==== References ==== “poor old” (US) / “poor old” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. “poor old sb/sth” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026. “good poor silly old etc somebody” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.