paper-thin

English

Adjective

paper-thin (not comparable)

1. (literally) Very thin, such as the quality of paper.

   Synonym: razor-thin

   Antonym: paper-thick

2. (figuratively) 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.

Translations

very thin

• Finnish: paperinohut
• Malay: nipis macam kertas

References

• “paper-thin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.