be all bones

be all bones

To be extremely skinny or emaciated, as if nothing but bones were inside one's body. The lost children were so malnourished that they were all bones by the time they were discovered. Have you been eating enough lately, dear? Because you're all bones these days. Stan's been undergoing treatment for a serious illness, that's why he's all bones now.

See also: all, bone

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