describes having completed
difficult or harsh, unrelenting work; it refers to the poor care of horses;
the words "hard" and "wet" also lend themselves to
sexual innuendo, though they are not part of
the original meaning
I just finished a 12 hour shift. I feel like
I've been rode hard and put up wet.
These kids have worked my nerves! I feel like
I've been rode hard and put up wet.
Related idioms: worked like a
Hebrew slave; worked like a white-mouthed mule