German | English | |
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dürr; spindeldürr; knochendürr; klapperdürr; spillerig [Norddt.] [Mitteldt.]; zaundürr [Bayr.] [Ös.]; brandmager [Schw.] [ugs.] {adj} (Person, Körperteil) [anat.] | skinny; scrawny; scraggy; spindly; twiggy thin; (as) thin as a rake [coll.]; weedy [Br.] (of a person or body part) | |
eine spindeldürre alte Frau | a scrawny old woman | |
spindeldürr sein; knochendürr sein; ein Strich in der Landschaft sein [humor.] | to be skinny as a stick; to be a stick |