骨瘦如柴

骨瘦如柴 [gǔ shòu rú chái]

1. ■ as thin [lean] as a threadpaper [lath; rake; whipping post; rail]; a mere bag of bones; a mere skeleton; as thin as sticks; bare-boned; be all skin and bone; become as emaciated as a fowl; be reduced to a shadow; be reduced to a skeleton; be very thin, nothing but skin and bone; bones as thin as firewood; bone-thin; emaciated like a stick; lean and skinny; lean as a rake; only skin and bone; scraggy; lean like a skeleton; worn to a shadow