skin and bones

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolescuchimizado estar en los huesos hueso y pellejopiel y huesos

Françaisn’avoir que la peau sur les os paquet d’os

Deutschein Strich in der Landschaft Haut und Knochen

14 more languages

Ελληνικάοστεώδης

Suomiluuta ja nahkaa luuviulu

Gaeilgean scrogall is an t-eagán

हिन्दीठठरी

Magyarcsont és bőr

Italianoemaciato macilento magropelle e ossa scarnito scavato scheletrico sciupato secco smilzo smunto tutta pelle

日本語がりがり痩せこけた

Македонскикожа и коска кожа и коски коска и кожакоски и кожа

Polskichudzina kościotrup skóra i kościszczapa

Portuguêspele e osso

Русскийко́жа да ко́сти ко́сти да ко́жа одна́ ко́жа да ко́сти

தமிழ்எலும்பும்தோலுமாக

ไทยหนังหุ้มกระดูก

Tagalogbuto'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!"”

CEFR level

C1

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

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See also

skin art skin beetle skin cancer skin cell skin color skin colour

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