weak-kneed
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Îngilîzî
Rengdêr
(komparatîv , sûperlatîv )
- (mecazî) Dudil, kesê karakter-zeîf, kesê rih-zeîf.
- 1903, Jack London, The People of the Abyss, ch. 5:
- It is incontrovertible that the children grow up into rotten adults, without virility or stamina, a weak-kneed, narrow-chested, listless breed, that crumples up and goes down in the brute struggle for life.
- Ev yek eşkere ye ku zarok bêyî xurtî an qeweta xweragiriyê, dibin emr-mezinên pûç û vala, yên karakter-zeîf, xemsar ku diherifin û bi xwarê ve diçin di micadeleya dijwar yê ji bo jiyanê de.
- It is incontrovertible that the children grow up into rotten adults, without virility or stamina, a weak-kneed, narrow-chested, listless breed, that crumples up and goes down in the brute struggle for life.
- 1903, Jack London, The People of the Abyss, ch. 5:
- (bi maneya ne-mecazî) Binêre û
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