be skin and bone(s)

Related to word: skin

Idiom

Definition

  1. To be extremely thin, with very little flesh on the body; emaciated.

    瘦得皮包骨

    • Since his serious illness, he has been skin and bone, looking very weak.

      自從他得了重病後,他就變得骨瘦如柴,看起來非常虛弱。

    • After months of trekking, the expedition members were all skin and bone.

      經過數月的跋涉,探險隊的成員都變得骨瘦如柴。

    • The stray dog looked skin and bone and needed immediate care.

      那隻流浪狗看起來骨瘦如柴,需要立即照顧。