be skin and bone
US /bi skɪn ænd boʊn/
UK /bi skɪn ænd boʊn/
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皮包骨头, 瘦骨嶙峋
to be extremely thin, often due to illness or lack of food
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After weeks in the hospital, he was just skin and bone.
在医院住了几周后，他只剩下皮包骨头了。
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The stray dog was skin and bone when we found it.
我们发现那只流浪狗时，它已经瘦骨嶙峋了。