a bag of bones



a bag of bones

  (informal)
a person or animal that is extremely thin All the plumpness she'd acquired in middle age had gone. She was a bag of bones.
See also: bag, bone, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
VidarVEE-dahr (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology
Guiscardgees-KAHRMedieval French
Manahem-Biblical Latin
CulhwchKEEL-hookh (Welsh)Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Agurtzane-Basque
JeĻEna-Latvian