<fish> lean, thin (of a person) 2 realizations
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme Hering
meaning 1 herring
direction
meaning 2 (informal) thin person, usually male

Ich bin froh, dass ich kein Dicker bin,
Denn Dicksein ist ’ne Quälerei.
Ich bin froh, dass ich so’n dürrer Hering bin,
Denn dünn bedeutet frei zu sein.

1978, “Dicke”, performed by Marius Müller-Westernhagen:


I’m glad I’m not a fat person,
Because being fat is torment.
I’m glad I’m such a scrawny herring,
For to be thin means to be free.

reference English Wiktionary
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NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme çiroz
meaning 1 mackerel (Scomber scombrus) Bugün kahvaltı için biraz çiroz yedim.
oday I had some mackerel for breakfast.
direction
meaning 2 lean; a very thin person Senin o bir kurşunu bile durduramayan çiroz kolların yüzünden!
Because your stupid little skinny arms cannot even stop a bullet!
reference Baskakov 1977: 193
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