Offensive content Filter is ON
A PROVERB
AS LEAN AS A RAIL.
Submitter comment:
USED TO DESCRIBE A VERY THIN PERSON, ESPECIALLY IF THE
PERSON IS THIN AS THE RESULT OF A LONG SICKNESS.
I CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE I FIRST HEARD THIS EXPRESSION,
BUT IT IS A COMMON ONE. I RECORDED IT AUGUST 9, 1968
IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968