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English translation: The man's wife is very skinny and is being compared to a flat stick.

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14:01 Feb 5, 2012

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English term or phrase: flat stick of

the term comes from a sentence like this: Ujunwa said ," Edward is always looking at my body." The Kenyan said it was very clear from the first day that the man would be climbing on top of that flat stick of a wife and wishing it wrer Ujunwa.

What is " flat stick of a wife"?
BTW, the man has a wife but he may admires Ujunwa's charm.

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English translation:The man's wife is very skinny and is being compared to a flat stick.

Explanation:
it was very clear from the first day that the man would be climbing on top of his flat stick of a wife and wishing that it was Ujunwa he was climbing on top of, not his wife..

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Local time: 02:24

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4 +5

The man's wife is very skinny and is being compared to a flat stick.

Jack Doughty

4 +4

flat-chested and skinny

Melanie Nassar

bean pole

sognatrice

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

The man's wife is very skinny and is being compared to a flat stick.

Explanation:
it was very clear from the first day that the man would be climbing on top of his flat stick of a wife and wishing that it was Ujunwa he was climbing on top of, not his wife..

Jack Doughty
Local time: 02:24
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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

flat-chested and skinny

Explanation:
Ujunwa is referring to the wife's figure; flat = not very voluptuous and stick = skinny.
I assume Ujunwa herself is well endowed, maybe even plump.

Melanie Nassar
Palestine
Local time: 03:24
Native speaker of:

English

6 days confidence:

bean pole

Explanation:
It may be too late, but another helpful term we use in English for this exact situation is a "bean pole." Really thin women or men are often said to be bean poles (has a negative connotation just like in this excerpt). It is also colloquial just like in this excerpt.

Example sentence(s):

Joan is so skinny. Why would you want to date such a bean pole?

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sognatrice
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