The phrase "a pair of lean" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "He wore a pair of lean jeans that fit him perfectly."
Alternatives: "a pair of slim" or "a set of thin".
A bicycle and a pair of kayaks lean against the wall.
A pair of crutches leans against a wall beside him.
10 liver samples were individually homogenized for 10 s using an Ultra-Turrax T8 homogenizer (IKA Labortechnik, Germany) and RNA extracted in »batches« (a pair of Fat and Lean line samples simultaneously) using TRIzol reagent (TRIzol® reagent, Invitrogen, Life technologies).
Featuring the familiar faces of Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Hamish Linklater in duplicate (each plays a pair of twins), this lean-and-mean staging by Daniel Sullivan promises to have audiences out of Central Park in well under two hours.
This was once a sport for all shapes and sizes: stunted ogres in the front row, beanpoles at lock, balanced athletes at flank forward, a pair of imps at half‑back, lean runners in the backs, a pillar of cold-eyed courage at No15.
Of the collections on the upper floors, best are the exquisite mosaics from Pompeii and Herculaneum and the saucy ancient erotica in the Gabinetto Segreto, plus the bronzes from Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum, among which the five female dancers and pair of lean athletes, poised for flight, are standouts.
For one paintinglike piece, made on canvas-covered plywood, Mr. Dial had used branches, metal, clothing, paint and a pair of work boots to create a lean figure fording through a tall jungle.
In retrospect, he believes he remained too lean for a pair of poor tuneup races — a 10k in New York in mid-May and a half marathon in San Diego in early June.
Sometimes, your spouse just wants to get something off their chest: they don't want an analysis, they don't want direction, they just want a pair of ears and a shoulder to lean on.
