estar hecho un palo
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USAGE NOTE
This idiom may be literally translated as "to be built like a stick."
estar hecho un palo
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
1. (idiom) (to be very thin)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
a. to be as thin as a rake (idiom)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Mi hijo come muchísimo, pero está hecho un palo.My son eats a lot, but he's as thin as a rake.
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