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Dictionary translations for "maigre comme un clou"

maigre comme un clou adjective

maigre comme un clou / maigre comme un clou / maigres comme un clou / maigres comme un clou

skinny as a rail

Contexts with "maigre comme un clou"

John est maigre comme un clou. John is as lean as a wolf.

Elle est maigre comme un manche à balai. She is as thin as a broom stick.

Nous avons trouvé un clou enfoncé dans le pneu. We found a nail stuck in the tire.

Maintenant que tu es grand, tu ne dois pas te comporter comme un enfant. Now that you are grown up, you must not behave like a child.

Pour celui qui n'a qu'un marteau dans sa trousse à outils, tout problème ressemble à un clou. To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.

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