| 词组 | a bag of bones |
| 释义 | Idiom a bag of bones informal a person or animal that is extremely thin.All the plumpness she'd acquired in middle age had gone. She was a bag of bones. bag of bones1. A person or animal that is emaciated to the point that bones can be seen protruding from the skin. The old, abandoned dog looked like a bag of bones after living on the streets for so long. Poor Dave, he looked like a bag of bones when he was done with his cancer treatment. 2. A disparaging term for a very old person, especially one who has a frail appearance. That old bag of bones shook her fist at me for walking on her lawn again! bag of bonesan extremely skinny person or animal with bones showing. (The skin is the figurative bag.) I've lost so much weight that I'm just turning into a bag of bones. Get that old bag of bones off the racetrack! a bag of bonesIf you describe someone as a bag of bones, you mean that they are extremely thin. Physically, she seemed lighter suddenly — a bag of bones in his arms. a bag of bonesan emaciated person or animal. Compare with be skin and bone at skin.a ˌbag of ˈbones(informal) a very thin person or animal: She refused to eat until eventually she was a bag of bones. |
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