magro come un chiodo

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “lean as a nail”. Compare French maigre comme un clou.

Adjective

magro come un chiodo

  1. as thin as a rake
    • 2021 July 8 (last accessed), “Il giovane Holden”, in Wikipedia‎, archived from the original on 16 August 2021:
      È un ragazzo di sedici anni, fisicamente molto alto e magro come un chiodo, con la particolarità di avere i capelli grigi, nonostante la sua giovane età.
      He is a sixteen-year-old boy, physically very tall and as thin as a rake, with the particular feature of having gray hair, despite his age.
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