OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 32678

skin and bones

Meanings (ES + gloss)
escuchimizado • estar en los huesos • hueso y pellejo • piel y huesos
A person or an animal that is emaciated or very thin, as from lack of nutrition.
"Eh, good evening, sir," she said to me, as she drew herself up to make the best of her own inflated bulky appearance, "come and sit down here and tell me how it fares with you; bu…
Look at that starving dog; he's nothing more than skin and bones.
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