bag of bones
Very thin one
A bag of bones is an extremely thin person or animal, so emaciated that the skeleton seems barely contained by skin: The stray cat was nothing but a bag of bones.
The phrase emphasizes visible boniness and suggests neglect, illness, or starvation.
Sometimes used self-deprecatingly: I'm just an old bag of bones these days.
- skinnyVery thin, underweight
- emaciatedAbnormally wasted from hunger
- scrawnyUnattractively thin and bony
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- bodyPhysical structure, living thing
gaunt · haggard · undernourished · wasting away · hunger · Stephen King · gothic imagery · wasted · cadaverous · death warmed over · hollow · frail · thinness · slim · decrepit · Auschwitz · famine · insubstantial
- appearance idiomsall dolled up, dolled up, done up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines
- skinnythin, slim, slender, lean, skinny