skin and bone

Meaning

1. (nothing but / all / only) skin and bone

   extremely thin in a way that is not attractive or healthy

In the movies · 10

• I'm skin and bones. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no...The Secret Life of Pets 22019
• Turn to skin and bones?Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island1998
• You're skin and bones .Shiva Baby2021
• Well look at you all skin and bonesFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw2019
• the hollow, lifeless eyes, skin stretched tight across bones...The Year of Living Dangerously1982
• But lock up your valises Jesus! Won't I skin you to the bone!Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• - Hi, Ma. - Look at you, you ain't nothin' but skin and bone.What's Love Got to Do with It1993
• - You're skin and bones. - Don't start doing your mom impression.Starve Acre2024

From the same entry

• by the skin of your teeth
• get under skin
• have got under your skin
• it's no skin off my, your, his, nose
• make your skin crawl
• jump out of your skin
• save your skin
• a thick skin
• a thin skin
• keep your eyes peeled
• there's more than one way to skin a cat
• skin up