be (as) thin as a rail



be (as) thin as a rail

To be extremely skinny or slender. Primarily heard in US. Have you seen Claire lately? I'm really worried about her, she's as thin as a rail! I've always been thin as a rail, even when I tried to gain weight.
See also: rail, thin

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nessa (1)NES-əEnglish
Vipin-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam
Lindiwe-Southern African, Zulu
Erlingur-Icelandic
Luben-Bulgarian
SoniaSON-yə (English), SAWN-yə (English), SO-nyah (Italian)English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian