Slem som en heks.
Stakkar poor creature, miserable wretch.
Stakkars (adj) poor, unfortunate, wretched; pitiable (fx their p. little collection of furniture); (neds om pengesum) wretched (fx a w. ten pounds); ~ deg! poor you! ~ fyr! poor fellow! ~ unger! (ogsÄ) poor little devils!
Sliten tired, weary, .. , worn out.
I. Slem subst (kort) slam; bli store- be grand slam.
II. Slem (adj) 1. bad (fx cold, cough, habit, mistake); severe (fx a s. cold), sad (fx a s. mistake); 2. (uoppdragen) bad, naughty; vÊre ~ mot en treat sby badly; ~ som en heks bad as a witch; komme i en ~ knipe get into a bad fix; vÊre ~ til Ä be given to, be prone to (fx lying); have a weakness for (fx boasting); han er ~ til Ä bryte sine lÞfter he has a nasty habit of breaking his promises; fÄ en ~ medfart be roughly treated (el. handled); come in for some rough treatment; det set -t ut it looks bad; sitte -t i det be in a bad way.
el. - eller, or
Source: Kirkeby, W. A. Norsk-Engelsk blÄ ordbok. Kunnskapsforlaget, 1992.
