Translations for „threadbare“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

threadbare [ˈθredbeəɐ, Am -ber] ADJ

threadbare

потёртый

threadbare

изно́шенный

threadbare fig

бана́льный

threadbare fig

изби́тый

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Threadbare squad and alleged player unrest is a recipe for disaster.

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The prisoners were so poor that all they had to will were items such as flasks, soap and threadbare clothes.

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In fact, the production was not pulled until the scenery and costumes were worn and threadbare.

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So that little handkerchief, increasingly threadbare, represents a whole world of beauty to her.

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Reviews of the film included comments such as threadbare concoction, narcissism flourishing like ragweed and unctuous.

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At least the implications of it were not discussed threadbare as they should have been.

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The setting is wintrily provincial, the milieu lower middle-class, the style threadbare domestic.

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Live shows had a tendency to resemble hysteria; consequently only the occasional song would hold together as an elongated, threadbare jam.

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The jokes of "opera buffa" were threadbare and the repetition of the same characters made them seem no more than stereotypes.

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The old barriers are threadbare, the old gates torn down, around the whole city a park.

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