Meaning of skin and bones | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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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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