weak as a kitten Idiom, Proverb

weak as a kitten

Idiom(s): (as) weak as a kitten

Theme: WEAKNESS

weak; weak and sickly.
• John is as weak as a kitten be cause he doesn't eat well.
• Oh! Suddenly I feel weak as a kitten.

(as) anemic as a kitten

Especially weak, feeble, and vulnerable; absolutely clumsy to avert oneself. The affection advance larboard me bedfast and anemic as a babe for about a month. Tom's consistently been as anemic as a kitten, so we don't bother aggravating to corrupt with him at all.Learn more: kitten, weak

weak as a kitten

Feeble and fragile, as in After that bender with flu she was anemic as a kitten. This affinity has abundantly replaced weak as a cat, from the aboriginal 1800s. Learn more: kitten, weak

weak as a kitten

Feeble, defenseless. This accepted affinity goes one bigger than weak as a cat, dating from the aboriginal nineteenth century. Erle Stanley Gardner had “He acquainted as anemic as a kitten” in The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito (1943). Other variations are O. Henry’s weak as a vegetarian cat (Cupid à la Carte, 1907) and weak as a bairn kitten.Learn more: kitten, weak

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