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Synonyymit
Ääntäminen
AU
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| kreikka | άρρωστος (árrostos) |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (idiomatic, usually with of) A weak member of a peer group, especially the weakest.
Esimerkit
- The former openly likens Cuba to Turkey, saying that the island is the "sick man" of the West;
- The House of Lords has now come to be pretty generally looked upon as the "Sick Man" of the English Constitution.
- He told how in an economic sense we were one of the Sick Men of the World our industry dilapidated rundown and was not being renewed
- For Asia as a whole, that target was just about achieved, even when including India and Indonesia, often regarded as the "sick men" of the continent.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | sick men |
Luokat
(idiomatic, usually with of) A weak member of a peer group, especially the weakest.
Caricature from Punch, dated June 6, 1896. It shows Sultan Abdul Hamid II in front of a poster that announces the reorganization of the Ottoman Empire. The empire's value is estimated at £5 million (£695 million in 2023). Russia, France and Britain are listed as the directors of the reorganisation. The caricature satirized the impoverished state of the Ottoman economy at the time.