- bag of bones
- Noun. A very thin or emaciated person or animal.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
bag of bones
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bag of bones — If someone is a bag of bones, they are very underweight … The small dictionary of idiomes
Bag of Bones — infobox Book | name = Bag of Bones title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Stephen King cover artist = Frank Oudeman country = United States language = English series = genre = Horror novel publisher = Scribner… … Wikipedia
bag of bones — an extremely thin individual * * * bag of bones An emaciated living being • • • Main Entry: ↑bag * * * bag of bones, a very thin person or animal. * * * noun [singular] informal : a very thin person or animal I can t believe how thin he is. He s… … Useful english dictionary
bag of bones — To say that someone is a bag of bones means that they are extremely thin. When he came home from the war he was a bag of bones … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
bag of bones — n. an extremely skinny person or animal. □ I’m just turning into a bag of bones. □ Get that old bag of bones off the racetrack! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bag of bones — noun a skinny, malnourished person … Wiktionary
bag of bones — n. skeleton, very thin body … English contemporary dictionary
bag of bones, a — Very thin … A concise dictionary of English slang
bag o’ bones — See spindleshanks … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
(a) bag of bones — a bag of bones informal phrase a person or animal that is much too thin Thesaurus: thin in an unattractive or unhealthy waysynonym Main entry: bag * * * a ˌbag of ˈbones idiom … Useful english dictionary
