poor old

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.

• good old
• big old
• little old

• “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.