paper-thin

English

Adjective

paper-thin (not comparable)

very thin, as paper is; insubstantial.
- 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 41:
  As late as 1948 NKP, for its part, pitted its Berkshires against borrowed road diesels and declared that the difference in costs was less than paper thin.

Synonyms

razor-thin

Translations

very thin

Finnish: paperinohut

References

“paper-thin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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