skin and bones en · NOUN
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Meanings
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(figuratively) A person or an animal that is emaciated or very thin, as from lack of nutrition.
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!"
1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], translated by H. L. Brækstad, Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 4:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| skin and bone | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
scrawny · bony · osteocutaneous · lanky · skinny · gaunt
Translations (59)
it tutta pelle (emaciated; very skinny) · de Haut und Knochen (emaciated; very skinny) · sh kost i koža (emaciated; very skinny) · es escuchimizado (emaciated; very skinny) · la pellis et ossa (emaciated; very skinny) · wa banse d' oxheas (emaciated; very skinny) · ga an scrogall is an t-eagán (emaciated; very skinny) · fr paquet d’os (emaciated; very skinny) · es hueso y pellejo (emaciated; very skinny) · cmn 骨瘦如柴 (emaciated; very skinny) · it pelle e ossa (emaciated; very skinny) · it sciupato (emaciated; very skinny) · mk ко́жа и ко́ска (emaciated; very skinny) · nb skinn og bein (emaciated; very skinny) · pt pele e osso (emaciated; very skinny) · la cutis et ossa (emaciated; very skinny) · it magro (emaciated; very skinny) · ja 痩せこけた (emaciated; very skinny) · fi luuta ja nahkaa (emaciated; very skinny) · cmn 皮包骨 (emaciated; very skinny) · pl skóra i kości (emaciated; very skinny) · th หนังหุ้มกระดูก (emaciated; very skinny) · sv skinn och ben (emaciated; very skinny) · de ein Strich in der Landschaft (emaciated; very skinny) · ca en la pell i els óssos (emaciated; very skinny) · nn skinn og bein (emaciated; very skinny) · it smunto (emaciated; very skinny) · it macilento (emaciated; very skinny) · hu csont és bőr (emaciated; very skinny) · es estar en los huesos (emaciated; very skinny) · mk ко́ска и ко́жа (emaciated; very skinny) · da skind og ben (emaciated; very skinny) · it smilzo (emaciated; very skinny) · it emaciato (emaciated; very skinny) · it scheletrico (emaciated; very skinny) · hak 皮包骨 (emaciated; very skinny) · cmn 皮包骨頭 /皮包骨头 (emaciated; very skinny) · lv kauli un āda (emaciated; very skinny) · it scavato (emaciated; very skinny) · wa li pea so les oxhs (emaciated; very skinny) · mk ко́жа и ко́ски (emaciated; very skinny) · wa li pea so les oxheas (emaciated; very skinny) · fr n’avoir que la peau sur les os (emaciated; very skinny) · ru ко́сти да ко́жа (emaciated; very skinny) · tl buto't balat (emaciated; very skinny) · hak 筋渣膜絡 /筋渣膜络 (emaciated; very skinny) · it scarnito (emaciated; very skinny) · ceb panit ug bukog (emaciated; very skinny) · mk ко́ски и ко́жа (emaciated; very skinny) · ru ко́жа да ко́сти (emaciated; very skinny) · it secco (emaciated; very skinny) · el οστεώδης (emaciated; very skinny) · ru одна́ ко́жа да ко́сти (emaciated; very skinny) · es piel y huesos (emaciated; very skinny) · fi luuviulu (emaciated; very skinny) · sh кост и кожа (emaciated; very skinny) · yue 皮包骨 (emaciated; very skinny) · gl pel e ósos (emaciated; very skinny) · ta எலும்பும்தோலுமாக (emaciated; very skinny)