rode hard and put away wet

I love that expression -- rode hard and put away wet. Occasionally, I'll see someone who's just plum worn out and the expression leaps to mind.

Robert's fairly hard on his wallet. He stuffs it full, then gets it into his back pocket and sits on it nearly all day. Given that our third anniversary, the leather year (and stop thinking that!) is approaching, I recently asked how his wallet was. "Oh, a little worn out."

So I took him to the Coach outlet store in the Berkshires and treated him to an extra nice new wallet as an early nod to our upcoming 1095th day of marriage.

After he transferred all the contents from old to new, he tossed the old one over to me. Yeah, I'd say it was a little worn out.