skin and bones

• Expression idiomatique décrivant quelqu'un ou quelque chose d'extrêmement maigre ou émacié, souvent à cause d'une maladie, de la faim ou d'une malnutrition.

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.

   La peau sur les os

   • 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.