empty shell

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

Noun

1.

object

outer covering left after contents are removed
  • The beach was covered in empty shell after the storm.החוף היה מכוסה בקונכיות ריקות אחרי הסערה.
2.

metaphor

person or thing lacking real value or purpose
קְלִפָּה רֵיקָה מַעֲטֶפֶת רֵיקָה
  • After the tragedy, he became an empty shell.אחרי הטרגדיה הוא הפך ל-קליפה ריקה.
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Expressions with empty shell: examples in English and translations in Hebrew

קְלִיפָּה רֵיקָה
After the tragedy, he felt like just an empty shell.
אֲנִי רַק קְלִפָּה רֵיקָה
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) קוֹנְכִיָּה רֵיקָה

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

קְלִפָּה רֵיקָה - qelipah reiqah

Success without love left her feeling like she's just an empty shell inside.

ההצלחה בלי אהבה השאירה אותה בתחושה שהיא מבפנים רק קליפה ריקה.

After the long illness, he confessed he was just an empty shell emotionally.

אחרי המחלה הארוכה הוא הודה שהוא מבחינה רגשית רק קליפה ריקה.

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empty shell: Examples and translations in context

Since the tragedy, he drifts through days like he's just an empty shell.

מאז הטרגדיה הוא נסחף בין הימים כאילו הוא רק קליפה ריקה.

The boy you call your son is just an empty shell.

הילד שאתה קורא לבנך הוא רק קליפה ריקה.

What we have is an empty shell with no answers.

מה שיש לנו זה קליפה ריקה בלי תשובות.

All there is in that hospital is an empty shell.

כל מה שיש בבית החולים הוא קליפה ריקה.

This place is an empty shell of vanished dreams.

המקום הזה הוא קליפה ריקה של חלומות שנגוזו.

An empty shell who seeks to wreak havoc.

קליפה ריקה מתוכן שמחפשת לזרוע תוהו ובוהו.

Then her body will be but an empty shell.

אז גופה יהיה קליפה ריקה ותו לא.

He seemed like a empty shell of a man.

הוא נראה כמו קליפה ריקה של אדם.

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