cream-crackered BrE slang

Looked cream-crackered when he departed, and certainly put it all on the line for his country.

He looks a bit cream-crackered unsurprisingly, and not really in the mood for a chat with Bernie.

Thye look cream-crackered and no wonder, that was pacy from start to finish.

All the stresses of Thursday and then having to entertain Nicola had left me truly cream-crackered.

Selena Gomez is officially cream-crackered.

And, equally understandably, cream-crackered.

"Quite frankly I think he will be cream-crackered and will want a good night's kip," said the prince's private secretary, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton.

Tomorrow sees the start of the French Open, given fresh impetus by Roger Federer's win over Rafael Nadal in Madrid, although the Spaniard was clearly cream-crackered after his semi.

Members take it in turns to have a nap – something they're quite good at in the House of Lords, by all accounts – but my basic point still holds good: how can you be trusted to make the right decision when you're absolutely cream-crackered?