be a string bean

slang To be very skinny or lanky. I was such a string bean when I was a kid. All my clothes just draped off of me. Wow, he lost a lot of weight. He's a total string bean now! My son's a real string bean, but he actually has a huge appetite.

See also: bean, string

See also:

look like a string bean
string bean
stringbean
(as) skinny as a rail
be (as) skinny as a rail
(as) skinny as a stick
be (as) skinny as a stick
(as) skinny as a pole
be (as) skinny as a pole
be (as) skinny as a rake

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