ugly as sin en · ADJ
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(derogatory, not-comparable, qualifier:simile) Extremely ugly.
It was easy enough to see that the child was a changeling, for it wasn't like other children at all it screamed and cried, as if a knife stuck in it, and it wheezed and hit about with its arms like a huldre-cat, and was as ugly as sin.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 298:'She is a personality,' said M. Bouc. 'Ugly as sin, but she makes herself felt.'.
1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 26:
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sv ful som stryk (extremely ugly) · es más feo que un pecado (extremely ugly) · el κακάσχημος (extremely ugly) · de potthässlich (extremely ugly) · es más feo que Carracuca (extremely ugly) · it fare schifo al cazzo (extremely ugly) · pl brzydki jak noc listopadowa (extremely ugly) · ru стра́шный, как сме́ртный грех (extremely ugly) · es más feo que pegar a un padre (extremely ugly) · fr laid comme les sept péchés capitaux (extremely ugly) · nl lelijk als de nacht (extremely ugly) · pl brzydki jak noc (extremely ugly) · hu csúnya, mint a bűn (extremely ugly) · no stygg som juling (extremely ugly) · ro urât ca păcatul (extremely ugly) · it brutto come la fame (extremely ugly) · fi ruma kuin mikä (extremely ugly) · it brutto come la morte (extremely ugly) · es más feo que Picio (extremely ugly) · cs ošklivý jako noc (extremely ugly) · de hässlich wie die Nacht (extremely ugly) · fi ruma kuin rullatuoli (extremely ugly) · pt mais feio que bater em mãe (extremely ugly) · fr laid comme un pou (extremely ugly)