to be as thin as a rail
- Variantes
- to be thin as a rail, to be (as) thin as a rake
- Contexto
- The dance should have passed without incident, for he was hardly intimidating — barely eighteen, thin as a rail, with an Adam’s apple that bobbed twice above a loosely tied cravat whenever he readied himself for speech. His shyness should have made him a kindred spirit. Yet this set had been her worst yet.
- Tipo de fuente
- book
- Autor
- Alison Lane
- Título de la fuente
- The Rake and the Wallflower [excerpt]
- Año
- 2001
- Web
- http://www.ebooks.com/ebooks/book_display.asp?IID=275647
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Sin definir
- Marca dialectal
- Sin definir
- Frecuencia
- Sin definir