skin and bones

• Redewendung, die jemanden oder etwas beschreibt, das extrem dünn oder abgemagert ist, oft aufgrund von Krankheit, Hunger oder Mangelernährung.

An idiomatic expression describing someone or something that is extremely thin or emaciated, often due to illness, starvation, or lack of nourishment.

1. Extremely thinB1informal

   Describes a person or animal that is very thin, often due to illness, starvation, or lack of food.

   Nur Haut und Knochen

   • After his illness, he was just skin and bones.
   • The stray cat was all skin and bones when we found it.
   • She looked like skin and bones after the long hike.