青あお瓢びょう箪たん

noun

green calabash; unripe gourd

Literal meaning: a calabash or gourd that is still green and unripe.

• 庭にわに青あお瓢びょう箪たんがなっている。

  A green calabash is growing in the garden.

noun

scrawny, pale person; sallow-faced person

Figurative use comparing a person's thin, pale appearance to an unripe gourd. Often derogatory or humorous.

• 彼かれは青あお瓢びょう箪たんみたいな顔かお色いろだ。

  He has a sallow complexion like an unripe gourd.