bag of bonesnoun [ S ]
uk/ˌbæɡ əv ˈbəʊnz/us/ˌbæɡ əv ˈboʊnz/informalsomeone who is extremely thin:
The child was just a bag of bones when we found her.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people)
- anorexic
- be skin and bone(s) idiom
- elfin
- emaciated
- gaunt
- hatchet-faced
- lissome
- lithe
- pinched
- rangy
- skinny
- slenderize
- slight
- spare
- spindly
- sylphlike
- trim
- underweight
- waif-like
- wiry
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