(nothing but/all/only) skin and bone In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "(nothing but/all/only) skin and bone", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Evelyn Nguyen calendar 2021-01-28 11:01

Meaning of (nothing but/all/only) skin and bone

(nothing but/all/only) skin and bone informal

Extremely thin and emaciated.

After her death, he is nothing but skin and bone.

When I got Gastritis, I was all skin and bone.

After the surgery, May was only skin and bone.

In the Vietnamese famine of 1945, people were nothing but skin and bone.

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