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
YrjÖUYR-yuuFinnish
BertholdBERT-hawltGerman (Archaic)
Brianabree-AN-ə, bree-AHN-ə, brie-AN-əEnglish
Crosby['krɔ:zbi]
Kazik-Polish
WillemVIL-ləm, WIL-ləmDutch