to be as thin as a rake
- Fuente de la expresión
- Gran Diccionario Oxford (inglés-español, español-inglés)
- Variantes
- to be thin as a rake, to be (as) thin as a rail
- Contexto
- A few minutes later, Jackson came out, followed by two white men in hard hats. One was big with a beer belly; his companion was as thin as a rake, but there was something about them, the way they regarded each other, which made them seem like brothers. The thin one cleared his throat. My father always cleared his throat before making a long speech.
- Tipo de fuente
- book
- Autor
- Mandla Langa
- Título de la fuente
- Zizi, in The Naked Song and other stories [excerpt]
- Año
- 1996
- Web
- http://www.literarytourism.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=28
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General but mainly used in the US
- Frecuencia
- Raro