bag of bones
A skinny, malnourished person or animal.
Bradly came out from hiding with a dyspeptic grunt, too depressed by ignominy to send a curse after the old woman. That old bag of bones to bring down cataclysm on him! That old th
ADJ.
all, broken, drastic, good, many, old, small
She fell down the stairs and broke several bones in her left arm.
VERB + BONES
ate, breaks, broke, buries, bury, fall, feel, fish
The dog buried the bones in the backyard where nobody could find them.
BONES + NOUN
-, dinosaurs, leg, surgeon, tail
The paleontologist carefully examined the dinosaur bones discovered in the ancient rock formation.
PREP.
about, in, in, out, with
She complained about her aching bones after the long hike yesterday.
ADV.
often
My grandmother's old dog often chewed on bones in the backyard.