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bag of bones

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bag of bones (plural bags of bones)

(idiomatic) A skinny, malnourished person or animal.

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I woke up, a bag of bones. Literally. They had gathered up my bones and put them in a bag and thrown the bag into a river. Derek Landy

If I don't go to the gym and work out, I look like a bag of bones. I go three times a week usually and it's nearly all weights work to help with definition. Jonas Armstrong

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