poor old

English

Adjective

poor old (not comparable)

1. (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., 2003–2025.
• “good poor silly old etc somebody” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.