empty shell

ˈɛmpti ʃɛl
empty shell: outer covering left after contents are removed
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Translation of empty shell into Arabic

Noun

1.

object

outer covering left after contents are removed
قِشْرَة فارِغَة غِلاف فارِغ صَدَفَة فارِغَة
  • The beach was covered in empty shell after the storm.كان الشاطئ مغطى بقشرة فارغة بعد العاصفة.
2.

metaphor

person or thing lacking real value or purpose
قوقعة فارغة غلاف فارغ هيكل فارغ
  • After the tragedy, he became an empty shell.بعد المأساة أصبح قوقعة فارغة.
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Expressions with empty shell: examples in English and translations in Arabic

قِشْرَة فارغة
After the tragedy, he felt like just an empty shell.
قوقعة فارغة
صدفة فارغة
After the loss, I'm just an empty shell with no joy left.

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  • empty shell: outer covering left after contents are removed
    (object) قِشْرَة فارِغَة

Synonyms and analogies of empty shell in English

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Examples of empty shell in a sentence

  • After the snail moved on, only an empty shell remained.
  • The company is now just an empty shell.
  • He smiled, but he was an empty shell inside.

Translations of "empty shell" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
قوقعة فارغةn.

I see. I guess you must be an empty shell too.

فهمت، أظن أنك لا بد أن تكون قوقعة فارغة أيضًا.

After everyone left, the house became an empty shell of its former self.

بعد مغادرة الجميع، أصبحت المنزل مجرد قوقعة فارغة من ذاته السابقة.

قِشْرَة فارِغَةn.

Without my passion for music, I'm just an empty shell surviving.

من دون شغفي بالموسيقى، أنا مجرد قشرة فارغة تحاول البقاء.

Without my art, I feel like I'm just an empty shell.

من دون فني، أشعر أنني مجرد قشرة فارغة.

صدفة فارغة

A conch's empty shell served as a home for a hermit crab seeking shelter.

خدمت صدفة فارغة كمنزل لسرطان البحر الناسك الباحث عن مأوى.

I may be an empty shell right now, but I'll complete myself, bit by bit.

، قد أكون صدفة فارغة الآن لكني سأكمل نفسي شيئا فشيئا.

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  • غِلاف فارِغn.

empty shell: Examples and translations in context

Love becomes an empty shell, to be filled arbitrarily.

ويغدو الحبُّ قوقعةً فارغةً يُسعى إلى ملئها بشكلٍ اعتباطي.

You're an empty shell of a body, with no light within.

ما أنت إلى قوقعة فارغة لا نور بداخلك.

Without a family, a house is just a cold, empty shell.

بدون عائلة، يصبح المنزل مجرد قوقعة فارغة وباردة

I would rather not become an empty shell of a soul.

أفضّل ألّا أصبح قوقعة فارغة من الروح

You were basically nothing more than an empty shell back then.

لم تكن إلّا قوقعة فارغة حينها.

where once your living soul did dwell, now is nothing but an empty shell!

كانت روحك الحية موجودة فيك الآن أصبحت مجرد قوقعة فارغة

Something about an "empty shell of a soul"?

وتقولين "قوقعة فارغة من الروح"؟

He wrote in his diary, "I'm just an empty shell these days."

كتب في مفكرته: "أنا هذه الأيام مجرد قشرة فارغة"

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