| 单词 | thin as a rail |
| 释义 | thin as a railSEE SYNONYMS FOR thin as a rail ON THESAURUS.COM Very slender, as in I do not know why she's dieting; she's thin as a rail already. This simile, which uses rail in the sense of “a narrow bar,” has largely replaced such other versions as thin as a lath or rake, although the latter is still common in Britain. [Second half of 1800s] Words nearby thin as a railthimblewit, Thimbu, thimerosal, Thimphu, thin, thin as a rail, thin client, thine, thin edge of the wedge, thin film, thing The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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