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Meaning of bag of bones | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A skinny, malnourished person or animal.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Deutsch Haut und Knochen
Suomi luukasa
Français paquet d'os sac d'os
Magyar csontkollekció
日本語 痩せっぽち
Nederlands scharminkel
Русский живы́е мо́щи ко́жа да ко́сти Коще́й Бессме́ртный мешо́к с костя́ми
Svenska benrangel

Examples

“Bradly came out from hiding with a dyspeptic grunt, too depressed by ignominy to send a curse after the old woman. That old bag of bones to bring down cataclysm on him! That old thing the nemesis of an inspired aspiration!”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

bag of dicks bag of fruit bag of holding bag of mystery bag of nerves bag of rations

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