Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Хлипкий заморыш
English translation:
scrawny little thing
Added to glossary by
chap
Oct 3, 2009 16:57
14 yrs ago
Russian term
Хлипкий заморыш
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Emotional description
Он родился хлипким заморышем, but grew into a hefty fellow.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+4
7 mins
Maria Fokin
Italy
Italy
Native in Russian
&
English
Works in field
Italy
MS Geology
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, Italian to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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10
Selected
scrawny little thing
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This suited me partially "
7 mins
Ali Bayraktar
Türkiye
Türkiye
Works in field
Türkiye
Language shapes everything!
Native in: Turkish 
Works in: English to Turkish, Russian to Turkish, Kazakh to Turkish, and 1 more.
rawboned
he was rawboned then become beefy
+4
8 mins
Susan Welsh
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Psychology, economics, politics
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
40
sickly weakling
Yandex
Peer comment(s):
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Anton Konashenok
: the mere prosody of this expression places it a notch above all other alternatives!
16 mins
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Thanks, Anton--even if I liked Maria's better!
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Tevah_Trans
: Perfect.
1 hr
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Thanks, Tevah
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engltrans
: nice
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Thanks, engltrans
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sirgay (X)
: it's ok, but хлипкий is more like fragile, flimsy in russian and sickly doesn't juxtapose with hefty very well.../// хлипкий is not necessarily sickly in russian...
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Well, the kid was a sickly, scrawny, feeble little thing, and grew up to be a hefty muscleman. That's the idea, with whichever words.
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Rachel Douglas
: I vote for "sickly", but also like "little thing": "sickly little thing". Interesting that Ozhegov says хлипкий is like хилый, which for sure could be "sickly". Of course "flimsy" doesn't apply to people. Sorry to attach so many opinions to a vote.
1 hr
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5 mins
a flimsy shrimp
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shrimp |ʃrɪmp|
• informal derogatory a small, physically weak person.
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a sickly starveling
starveling |ˈstɑːvlɪŋ| archaic
noun
an undernourished or emaciated person or animal.
adjective
(of a person or animal) lacking enough food; emaciated : a starveling child.
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puny creature
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shrimp |ʃrɪmp|
• informal derogatory a small, physically weak person.
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Note added at 13 mins (2009-10-03 17:10:59 GMT)
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a sickly starveling
starveling |ˈstɑːvlɪŋ| archaic
noun
an undernourished or emaciated person or animal.
adjective
(of a person or animal) lacking enough food; emaciated : a starveling child.
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puny creature
32 mins
Alexandra Liashchenko
United States
United States
Native in Russian
United States
I love my job like a love bread
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to Russian, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
16
A flimsy puny little thing
I guess 'flimsy' can even be left out in this context
Peer comment(s):
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sirgay (X)
: you just collected bits and pieces from other people's answers.../// with those sources one could make a much greater contribution...
35 mins
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No, I just use the dictionary, Internet and my brains
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+1
1 hr
Eric Candle
Native in Russian
Works in field
Better than native
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, German to Russian
Related KudoZ points
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32
1 day 11 hrs
Andrew Vdovin
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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88
slimpsy/feeble titch
to be only a shrimp, to be only a feeble titch ... Mit vier Leuten muß man das doch ... Vier Leute? ...
books.google.ru/books?isbn=0415141990...
books.google.ru/books?isbn=0415141990...
3 days 5 hrs
a puny runt
Born a puny runt, he grew ...
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Another option - Born a sissy, he ...
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