The phrase "a couple of lean" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete or incorrect expression, possibly intended to refer to "a couple of lean items" or "a couple of lean options."
Example: "I have a couple of lean recipes that are perfect for a healthy dinner."
Alternatives: "a few lean choices" or "a couple of lean options."
After a couple of lean decades, the defence budget has stabilised, but is still low by historical standards, and there is more than the usual rancour between the Ministry of Defence and the Treasury.
After we had gone a couple of steps, Gee leaned close and whispered, "I hate it when people know we're from the south.
"We've now turned out attention to a couple of other lean hardware startups who are entering the program and we're building out a lean hardware arm within Tandem to support these businesses," he says.
Here are some whites made from other grapes I've been enjoying this summer, with a couple of leaner Chardonnays thrown in just because I like them. .
To do this, you can close your eyes for a couple of seconds and lean down against the chair or desk where you are sitting leaving both arms hanging loose, to each side, pointing towards the floor, letting your fingers curl themselves naturally.
It's something to be admired and envied, especially when I think back to how it was for similar types from my generation and older, who – pre-internet, or even during the advent of sites like Myspace – only really had a couple of likeminded mates to lean on, not a huge central database of people just like them.
It's something to be admired and envied, especially when I think back to how it was for similar types from my generation and older, who pre-internet, or even during the advent of sites like Myspace—only really had a couple of likeminded mates to lean on, not a huge central database of people just like them.
But not everyone thinks Disney is on a roll, simply because it is doing better now than in the last couple of lean years.
WEAKNESSES -- The Panthers will lean on a couple of Fox's former Giants linebackers, Jessie Armstead and Brandon Short, to add depth to a position beset by injury.
There's a couple of tinned flageolet beans and a pack of lean steak mince still waiting to be scanned.
Boyle's first feature film (after directing plays at the Royal Court and the RSC, plus a couple of episodes of Inspector Morse) was Shallow Grave, lean and low-budget, full of darkness and light, character, energy and humour – just like Slumdog.
