thin as a rake
Bony and lean
Thin as a rake describes someone extremely slender, evoking the narrow profile of a garden rake's handle.
The phrase is mildly old-fashioned and typically describes people rather than objects: She eats constantly but stays thin as a rake.
Usually neutral or admiring, though it can suggest someone is too thin.
Lean from deprivation
- skeletalOf or like bones
- wastedUsed without good result
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
- haggardExhausted in appearance
starved · malnourished · undernourished · bony · scrawny · pinched · drawn · sunken
Awkwardly tall and thin
- spindlyThin and fragile-looking
- rangyTall, thin, loose-limbed
- stringyFull of fibers
- angularSharp-edged or rawboned
beanpole · gangling · towering · leggy · stretched · reedy · weedy · spindle-shanked
gaunt
Lean from deprivation
- skeletalOf or like bones
- wastedUsed without good result
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
haggard · starved · malnourished · undernourished · bony · scrawny · pinched · drawn · sunken · famished
gangly
Awkwardly tall and thin
angular · beanpole · gangling · towering · leggy · stretched · reedy · weedy · spindle-shanked · tall
svelte
Gracefully slender
lean · graceful · sylphlike · lissome · streamlined · elegant · delicate · trim · sleek · statuesque
lean
Lacking fat; incline
muscular · spare · ropy · taut · stringy · hardy · tough · lithe · agile · fibrous