noun
Meaning 1
A skinny, malnourished person or animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
bag of bones
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Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 骨瘦如柴 (gǔshòurúchái) — a skinny person
- Dutch: scharminkel — a skinny person
- Estonian: kondikubu — a skinny person
- Estonian: luu ja nahk — a skinny person
- Finnish: luukasa — a skinny person
- French: sac d'os — a skinny person
- French: paquet d'os — a skinny person
- German: Haut und Knochen — a skinny person
- Ancient Greek: κάναβος (kánabos) — a skinny person
- Hungarian: csontkollekció — a skinny person
- Japanese: 痩せっぽち (yaseppochi) — a skinny person
- Russian: ко́жа да ко́сти (kóža da kósti) — a skinny person
- Russian: мешо́к с костя́ми (mešók s kostjámi) — a skinny person
- Russian: живы́е мо́щи (živýje móšči) — a skinny person
- Russian: Коще́й бессме́ртный (Koščéj bessmértnyj) — a skinny person
- Swedish: benrangel — a skinny person