Rosie Perez who was on the now defunct late night show "Arsenio" said right around the time "To the curb" was becoming known. Saying that someone was so transparent and she can see right through them.
A horrible disguise. This disguise so, so fucking bad that it could make the entire audience facepalm or tell the villain/henchmen that the hero(es) is/are disguised.
Jeff:Hey look, the heroes are walking in with paper-thin disguises!
Henchman 1:Wait, what disguise? These must be the new guards.
Jeff:No they aren't!
Henchman 2:Look. That's the appearance of a new guard. You must be high again, Jeff.
Jeff:TOM I HAVE NOT TAKEN ANY DRUGS, ALCOHOL, OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAY DISTORT MY INTELLECTUALCOMPETENCE FOR 327 DAYS!
a person who more readily relates to the confined and definite words on paper than to the applications or even realities of the three dimensional plane. Although this usually describes a way of thinking, it can also describe someone who lacks original thought, or is afraid of new ideas.
Student 1: Did you hear what happened with Abby? She stole my idea for the term paper in Dr. James's class! Now I have to come up with something else, or he'll think I stole it from her!