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Idiom: Skin And Bones

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skinandbones

Meanings

A person or an animal that is emaciated or very thin, as from lack of nutrition.

Example: "Look at that starving dog; he's nothing more than skin and bones."

Example Sentences

1
After weeks of illness, he was now skin and bones.
2
She barely eats anything, and she's just skin and bones.
3
The stray dog was nothing but skin and bones.
4
Her strict diet made her look like skin and bones.
5
He lost so much weight that he became skin and bones.

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