threadbare
US /ˈθredber/
・UK /ˈθredbeə(r)/
C2TOEIC
adj.AdjectiveExhausted of interest or freshness; worn out
Our policy is threadbare of good ideas
adj.Adjective(Of clothes, mats) very worn
Threadbare rugs
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters
- and his threadbare clothes darned up and brushed to look seasonable, and
and his threadbare clothes darned up and brushed to look seasonable, and
- exclusive of the fringe, hanging down before him; and his threadbare clothes darned up and brushed,
exclusive of the fringe, hanging down before him; and his threadbare clothes darned up and brushed,
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.
- and his threadbare clothes darned up and brushed to look seasonable, and Tiny Tim upon his shoulder.
and his threadbare clothes darned up and brushed to look seasonable, and Tiny Tim upon his shoulder.
- but you won't find a hole in it nor a threadbare place.
but you won't find a hole in it nor a threadbare place.
Part 1 - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Audiobook by Mark Twain (Chs 01-10)
- This picture brought such an agony of pleasurable suffering that he worked it over and over again in his mind and set it up in new and varied lights till he wore it threadbare.
This picture brought such an agony of pleasurable suffering that he worked it over and over again in his mind and set it up in new and varied lights till he wore it threadbare.
- it threadbare.
it threadbare.
Part 1 - Pride and Prejudice Audiobook by Jane Austen (Chs 01-15)
- and had some abstracts to admire; and some new observations of threadbare morality to listen to.
and had some abstracts to admire; and some new observations of threadbare morality to listen to.
- and had some extracts to admire, and some new observations of threadbare morality to
and had some extracts to admire, and some new observations of threadbare morality to
Who Dreams of the Greatest Love? (it's not who you expect)
- Back from school, he often gazes out of the window at a threadbare park below.
Back from school, he often gazes out of the window at a threadbare park below.
- Back from school, he often gazes out of the window at a threadbare park below.
Back from school, he often gazes out of the window at a threadbare park below.
Can the UK Afford to Defend Itself?
- Britain is back on a war footing, but apparently in threadbare shoes.
Britain is back on a war footing, but apparently in threadbare shoes.
- Britain is back on a war footing, but apparently in threadbare shoes.
Britain is back on a war footing, but apparently in threadbare shoes.
Part 1 - The Time Machine Audiobook by H. G. Wells (Chs 01-06)
- At last I tore my eyes from it for a moment and saw that the hail curtain had worn threadbare,
At last I tore my eyes from it for a moment and saw that the hail curtain had worn threadbare,
- threadbare, and that the sky was lightening with the promise of the sun.
threadbare, and that the sky was lightening with the promise of the sun.
Book 08 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-6)
- The mourning garments may grow white and threadbare, the heart remains dark.
The mourning garments may grow white and threadbare, the heart remains dark.
- threadbare, the heart remains dark.
threadbare, the heart remains dark.
Book 01 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-6)
- Quite the contrary: our poet had too much good sense and to threadbare a coat not to attach particular importance to having the numerous allusions in his prologue,
Quite the contrary: our poet had too much good sense and to threadbare a coat not to attach particular importance to having the numerous allusions in his prologue,
- Quite the contrary; our poet had too much good sense and too threadbare a coat, not
Quite the contrary; our poet had too much good sense and too threadbare a coat, not
48 Unsolved Internet Mysteries
- Mortis.com was one of the strangest due to its name and threadbare appearance.
Mortis.com was one of the strangest due to its name and threadbare appearance.