to be as thin as a lath
- Fuente de la expresión
- Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
- Variantes
- to be thin as a lath
- Contexto
- Anthony was one of the oldest of the clerks, and just the subject for a painter. He was as thin as a lath, wrinkled round the mouth and eyes, had long, bony fingers, bushy, gray eyebrows, and over his left eye hung a thick tuft of hair, which did not look handsome, but made his appearance very remarkable. People knew that he came from Bremen; it was not exactly his home, although his master resided there. His ancestors were from Thuringia, and had lived in the town of Eisenach, close by Wartburg. Old Anthony seldom spoke of this place, but he thought of it all the more.
- Tipo de fuente
- book
- Autor
- Hans Christian Andersen [unknown translator]
- Título de la fuente
- The Old Bachelor's Nightcap
- Año
- 0000
- Web
- http://www.andersenstories.com/en/andersen_fairy-tales/the_old_bachelors_nightcap
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Sin definir
- Marca dialectal
- Sin definir
- Frecuencia
- Sin definir