as thin as a thread-paper

as thin as a thread-paper

Skinny, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ò UG ǔ R ú ch á I, meaning very thin. It comes from Yu Ya Shi Shou.

The origin of Idioms

Lu Dian, Song Dynasty, said in the book Yi Ya Shi Shou: "thin as a jackal. Jackal, firewood. Jackal is thin, so it is called jackal

Idiom usage

For example, in the Song Dynasty, Yang Wanli's poem "Wuling spring: long clip goes back to more than ten sunstrokes", the old dragon troupe makes trouble with the new one, and often sips the cold. Thin as wood, painful and sour, er Xin asked for peace. "