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Meaning of skin and bones | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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A person or an animal that is emaciated or very thin, as from lack of nutrition.

Equivalents

Deutsch ein Strich in der Landschaft Haut und Knochen

Ελληνικά οστεώδης

Español escuchimizado estar en los huesos hueso y pellejo piel y huesos

Suomi luuta ja nahkaa luuviulu

Français n’avoir que la peau sur les os paquet d’os

Gaeilge an scrogall is an t-eagán

हिन्दी ठठरी

Magyar csont és bőr

Italiano emaciato macilento magro pelle e ossa scarnito scavato scheletrico sciupato secco smilzo smunto tutta pelle

日本語がりがり痩せこけた

Македонски кожа и коска кожа и коски коска и кожа коски и кожа

Polski chudzina kościotrup skóra i kości szczapa

Português pele e osso

Русский ко́жа да ко́сти ко́сти да ко́жа одна́ ко́жа да ко́сти

தமிழ் எலும்பும்தோலுமாக

ไทย หนังหุ้มกระดูก

Tagalog buto't balat

Examples

“Look ⟳ at that starving dog; he's nothing more than skin and bones.”

“"Eh, good evening, sir," she said to me, as she drew herself up to make ⟳ the best of her own ⟳ inflated bulky appearance, "come ⟳ and sit ⟳ down here and tell ⟳ me how it fares with you; but, by my troth, you are nothing but skin and bones!"”

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