skin and bones
idiom
variants
or skin and bone
informal
: very thin in a way that is unattractive and unhealthy
After the illness, he was skin and bones.
The starving dog was nothing but skin and bones.
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Arthur is now skin and bones, his face creased with despair.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
The film follows Edward, an aspiring actor with neurofibromatosis, a genetic condition that causes tumors to grow on the skin and bone.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 16 July 2024
Related nutrients are also important for skin and bone health and can aid in lowering one's blood pressure.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
Lodge allegedly mailed body parts — including heads, brains, skin and bones — to buyers from his New Hampshire home.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2022
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
The film follows Edward, an aspiring actor with neurofibromatosis, a genetic condition that causes tumors to grow on the skin and bone.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 16 July 2024
Related nutrients are also important for skin and bone health and can aid in lowering one's blood pressure.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
Lodge allegedly mailed body parts — including heads, brains, skin and bones — to buyers from his New Hampshire home.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2022
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“Skin and bones.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skin%20and%20bones. Accessed 26 Sep. 2024.
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