empty shell

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

Noun

1.

object

outer covering left after contents are removed
tomt skal skal ntomma skal
  • The beach was covered in empty shell after the storm.Stranden var täckt av tomma skal efter stormen.
2.

metaphor

person or thing lacking real value or purpose
  • After the tragedy, he became an empty shell.Efter tragedin blev han ett tomt skal.
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Expressions with empty shell: examples in English and translations in Swedish

ett tomt skal
en tom skugga
After the tragedy, he felt like just an empty shell.
jag är bara ett tomt skal
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) tomt skal

Synonyms and analogies of empty shell in English

n.carcasshuskMore synonyms

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
tomt skalnn.

The hermit crab quickly crawled into an empty shell to protect itself.

Eremitkräftan kröp snabbt in i ett tomt skal för att skydda sig.

Audits revealed the partnership was just an empty shell operating as a shell company.

Revisionerna visade att handelsbolaget bara var ett tomt skal som skalbolag.

An empty shell that he could control with a few buttons.

Ett tomt skal som han kunde kontrollera med några knappar.

Rinse empty shell, and put to dry for a day or two.

Skölj tomt skal, och sätta torka i en dag eller två.

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Other translations for empty shell:

  • brevlådeföretag

empty shell: Examples and translations in context

Donatello, this home has become like an empty shell.

Donatello, hans hem har blivit ett tomt skal.

The property has been cleared out to an empty shell.

Fastigheten har rivits ur till ett tomt skal.

In the future, the diner was an empty shell.

I framtiden var restaurangen ett tomt skal.

What we have is an empty shell with no answers.

Vi har ett tomt skal utan några svar.

This is the empty shell of his body.

Detta är det tomma skal av hans kropp.

What we have is an empty shell with no answers.

Vi har ett tomt skal utan några svar.

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