thin as a rake

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Adjective

thin as a rake (not comparable)

1. (simile) Incredibly thin, at an unhealthy-looking level of thinness.

Translations

incredibly thin

Finnish: laiha kuin tikku, laiha kuin kukkakeppi French: maigre comme un clou (fr) Galician: delgado coma un espicho Italian: magro come un chiodo Norwegian: Bokmål: tynn som en strek (no) Russian: худо́й как ще́пка (xudój kak ščépka), то́щий как жердь (tóščij kak žerdʹ) Swedish: smal som en sticka, smal som en pinne, trådsmal (sv)