Bad
Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.
In shape
Both terms in one sentence
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Robinson type; she also lampshades the trope when describing the appearance of Woney as letting her "lovely dark hair go gray" and being struck with a bad case of middle-age spread, she like Bridget gets her appearance back in shape further on.
Source: Literature / Bridget Jones -
Because moths are very much like equal and opposite mirror images of butterflies — alike in shape, flight and metamorphosis, unlike in that they're dark, weighed down with negative stigma and nocturnal — they can be used as generic symbolism for Bad StuffTM whenever the plot needs it.
Source: Macabre Moth Motif
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