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Expressions used about a person who is very thin:

SKINNY 471
BEANPOLE 228
THIN AS A RAIL 122
SKINNY AS A RAIL 107
STRINGBEAN 44
SCRAWNY 42
BAG OF BONES 33
POOR 33
SKIN AND BONES 33
SLIM 22
SKELETON 21
BONEY 20
WALKING SKELETON 20
SCARECROW 16
SKINNY AS A BEANPOLE 15
POOR AS A SNAKE 14
HAS TO STAND TWICE TO MAKE A SHADOW 13
LANKY 11
RAIL 10
TWIGGY 10
EMACIATED 9
BEANSTALK 8
SLIM AS A RAIL 8
SLIM JIM 8
STACK OF BONES 7
TOOTHPICK 7
RAWBONY 6
SHADOW 6
SLENDER 6
FENCE RAIL 5
FRAIL 5
LEAN AND LANKY 5
LIKE A BEANPOLE 5
LIKE A TOOTHPICK 5
SKINNY AS A SNAKE 5
SKINNY BONES 5
GAUNT 4
LONG DRINK OF WATER 4
PUNY 4
STICK 4
THIN AS A SHADOW 4
THIN AS A TOOTHPICK 4
WIRY 4
LEAN 3
LIKE A RAIL 3
LOOKS LIKE A BEANPOLE 3
LOOKS LIKE A RAIL 3
LOOKS LIKE A SCARECROW 3
NOTHING BUT SKIN AND BONES 3
RACK OF BONES 3
SLATS 3
THIN AS A BEANPOLE 3
THIN AS A SLAT 3
THINNER THAN A RAIL 3
BUILT LIKE A RAIL 2
JUST A SHADOW 2
JUST SKIN AND BONES 2
LIKE A STRING BEAN 2
LIVING SKELETON 2
LOOKS LIKE A SKELETON 2
LOOKS LIKE A TOOTHPICK 2
LOSING WEIGHT 2
NR 2
OLIVE OYL 2
PAINFULLY THIN 2
POOR AS JOB’S TURKEY 2
RAKE 2
RAWBONE 2
SKELETON-LIKE 2
SKINFLINT 2
SKINNY AS A BEANSTALK 2
SKINNY AS A FENCE RAIL 2
SKINNY AS A RAKE 2
SKINNY AS A STICK 2
SKINNY AS A TOOTHPICK 2
SKINNY MERINK 2
SKINNY MINNIE 2
SPINDLY 2
SPLINTER 2
STRING 2
THIN AS A FENCE RAIL 2
THIN AS A LATH 2
THIN AS A RAKE 2
THIN AS A WAFER 2
THIN AS A WHIPPOORWILL 2
UNDERFED 2
UNDERWEIGHT 2
VERY SKINNY 2
WALKING SCARECROW 2
WALKING SHADOW 2
WIND WILL BLOW HIM AWAY 2
ALL BONES 1
ANEMIC 1
AWFUL POOR 1
AWFUL SLENDER 1
BAG 1
BAMBOO 1
BELLY’S GROWING TO HIS BACKBONE 1
BIRDLEGS 1
BONE PILE 1
BONES 1
BONESTEGGE 1
BONEYARD 1
BREATH OF WIND COULD BLOW HIM AWAY 1
BUILT LIKE A BEDSLAT 1
BUZZARD’S PICKED THEIR BONES 1
CAN HIDE BEHIND A LAMP 1
CAN SING LIKE A CANARY 1
CARPENTER’S DREAM 1
CHUBBY 1
COULD HIDE BEHIND A STRAW 1
COULD USE A LITTLE MORE FAT 1
CROW 1
DOESN’T EAT ENOUGH TO KEEP A FLEA ALIVE 1
DOESN’T THROW A SHADOW 1
DON’T CAST A SHADOW 1
DON’T GET ENOUGH TO EAT 1
DON’T LIVE WELL 1
DON’T LOOK LIKE HE HAD ENOUGH TO EAT 1
DON’T SHOW ANY FAT 1
DRINK MUDDY WATER 1
DRINKS MUDDY WATER SO’S YOU WON’T SEE THROUGH HIM 1
EATS SO MUCH IT MAKES HER POOR TO CARRY IT 1
FAT 1
FAT AS A BUGGY WHIP 1
FAT AS A MATCH 1
FATTY 1
FIT SUBJECT FOR HEAVEN 1
FIVE POUNDS SOAKING WET 1
FLAGPOLE 1
FLAT 1
FLAT AS A FLOUNDER 1
GANDERSHANKS 1
GANDERSHANKY 1
GANGLY 1
GHOST-LIKE 1
GONE TO THE GREYHOUND 1
GOOD WIND COULD KNOCK HIM OVER 1
GOT A SIX O’ CLOCK SHAPE 1
GREAT DEAL THIN 1
HAS SHAPE OF A SODA CRACKER 1
HAT RACK 1
HIS BONES RATTLE 1
IF HE DRANK CHERRY POP HE’D LOOK LIKE A THERMOMETER 1
IF HE STOOD SIDEWAYS YOU COULDN’T SEE HIM 1
IF HE STUCK OUT HIS TONGUE HE’D LOOK LIKE A ZIPPER 1
IF YOU STOOD SIDEWAYS WE COULDN’T SEE YOU 1
JELLY BEAN 1
JUNE SHAD 1
KINDA SKINNY 1
LANK 1
LEGS LIKE A BROOMSTICK 1
LIKE A BEAN POST 1
LIKE A CASE KNIFE 1
LIKE A PICKED CHICKEN 1
LIKE A PICKED CROW 1
LIKE A RACK OF BONES 1
LIKE A SKELETON 1
LIKE A STRING OF SUCKERS 1
LIKE A WAFER 1
LIKE AN IRONING BOARD 1
LIKE AN OLD SCARECROW 1
LIVING SCARECROW 1
LONG AND LANKY 1
LONG-LEGS 1
LOOK LIKE A SKELETON 1
LOOKING BAD 1
LOOKS LIKE A CRANE 1
LOOKS LIKE A DIRT DOBBER 1
LOOKS LIKE A HERON 1
LOOKS LIKE A MOSQUITO 1
LOOKS LIKE A POKE STALK 1
LOOKS LIKE A SLAT 1
LOOKS LIKE A STRING BEA 1
LOOKS LIKE A THERMOMETER 1
LOOKS LIKE A WHIPPOORWILL 1
LOOKS LIKE AN ICE PICK 1
LOOKS LIKE HE’S GONNA DIE 1
LOOKS LIKE THE RUNNING GEARS OF A KATYDID 1
LOOKS LIKE THE WIND WOULD BLOW HIM AWAY 1
LOOKS PREGNANT IF SHE EATS AN OLIVE 1
LOOKS SKINNY 1
LOOKS STARVED 1
MUST DRINK COFFEE SO YOU CAN SEE HIM 1
NO BIGGER THAN A FINGER 1
NO BIGGER THAN MY FINGER 1
NO BIGGER THAN YOUR ARM 1
NO MEAT ON HIM 1
NOTHING BUT A FRAME 1
OLD SKINFLINT 1
ONE COULD READ A NEWSPAPER THROUGH HIM 1
ONE DIMENSION 1
PAPER THIN 1
PERFECT STRING BEAN 1
PICK CHICKEN 1
PICKET-ASS 1
PIPE CLEANER 1
POLE 1
POLE BEAN 1
POOR AS A BLACK SNAKE 1
POOR AS A CROW 1
POOR AS A JAYBIRD 1
POOR AS A RAIL 1
POOR AS A SNAIL 1
POOR AS A SUMMER RABBIT 1
POOR AS A WHIPPOORWILL 1
POOR THING 1
POST 1
PRETTY SKINNY 1
RATTLE WHEN HE WALKED 1
RATTLEBONES 1
RAWBONES 1
RAWHIDE 1
READ A NEWSPAPER THROUGH HIM 1
REALLY SLENDER 1
REED 1
REGULAR BEANPOLE 1
REGULAR SLIM-JIM 1
ROD 1
SACKY 1
SALLOW 1
SHE’LL BLOW AWAY IN THE WIND 1
SHITEPOKE 1
SHORE THIN 1
SHORT RATIONS 1
SHYPOKE 1
SIT ON A DIME AND STILL SEE IN GOD WE TRUST 1
SIT ON A DIME AND YOU COULD READ THE U.S. 1
SIX O’CLOCK 1
SIZE OF A STRING 1
SKEETER HAWK 1
SKEETER LEGS 1
SKIMPY 1
SKIN AND BONE 1
SKIN-BONE NANCY 1
SKINNIER ‘N A RAIL 1
SKINNIER THAN A BOARD 1
SKINNIER THAN A RAKE 1
SKINNY (NAME) 1
SKINNY AS A BEANSHELL 1
SKINNY AS A BOARD 1
SKINNY AS A BROOMSTICK 1
SKINNY AS A CROW 1
SKINNY AS A KILLDEER 1
SKINNY AS A LIZARD 1
SKINNY AS A LOG RAIL 1
SKINNY AS A PEA-TURKEY 1
SKINNY AS A POKER 1
SKINNY AS A RAT 1
SKINNY AS A SKELETON 1
SKINNY AS A TELEPHONE POLE 1
SKINNY INCTUM 1
SKINNY NINNY 1
SKYSCRAPER 1
SLABSIDES 1
SLAT 1
SLIGHT 1
SLIM AS A BEANPOLE 1
SLIM AS A WEASEL 1
SLIMMER THAN A RAIL 1
SLIMMY 1
SLIVER 1
SNAKE 1
SO DAMN SKINNY THE BONES ARE CUTTING HIS FLESH 1
SO POOR YOU COULD READ A NEWSPAPER THROUGH HIM 1
SO SKINNY HE CAN’T MAKE A SHADOW 1
SO SKINNY SHE DRINKS A CHERRY SODA AND LOOKS LIKE A THERMOMETER 1
SO THIN HE HAD TO STOP TWICE TO MAKE A SHADOW 1
SO THIN SHE’S NASTY 1
SO THIN YOU CAN SEE THROUGH HIM 1
SODA STRAW 1
SOUP BONES 1
SPIDER-LEGGED 1
SPINDLESHANKS 1
SPINDLIN’ 1
STACK 1
STAND TWICE TO MAKE A SHADOW 1
STARVED 1
STEM-LEGGED BEAUTY 1
STICK OF MACARONI 1
STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN 1
STRINGY 1
SURE SKINNY BUILT 1
SWEETEST MEAT IS CLOSEST TO THE BONE 1
TELEGRAPH POLE 1
THIN AS A BIRD 1
THIN AS A BLUEJAY 1
THIN AS A LATHE 1
THIN AS A LOG 1
THIN AS A MAN’S HAND 1
THIN AS A MATCH 1
THIN AS A NEEDLE 1
THIN AS A NOODLE 1
THIN AS A RACE HORSE 1
THIN AS A RACER 1
THIN AS A SHITEPOKE 1
THIN AS A STICK 1
THIN AS A STRINGBEAN 1
THIN AS FENCE RAIL 1
THIN AS PAPER 1
THIN AS TISSUE PAPER 1
THIN ENOUGH TO READ A NEWSPAPER THROUGH HIM 1
THIN ENOUGH TO SEE THROUGH HIM 1
THIN LADY 1
THINNER ‘N A RAZOR 1
THINNER THAN A GRASSHOPPER 1
TIMBERLINE 1
TOO SKINNY 1
TOO THIN TO MAKE A SHADOW 1
TWO BY FOUR 1
UNGODLY THIN 1
VEINS 1
VERY POOR 1
VERY SLIM 1
WALKING GHOST 1
WASTING AWAY 1
WHERE DO YOU GET ALL OF THAT 1
WILLOW POLE 1
WIND COULD BLOW HIM AWAY 1
WOULDN’T MAKE A SHADOW 1
YOU CAN ALMOST SEE THROUGH HER 1
YOU CAN SEE HIS BONES 1
YOU CAN SEE HIS RIBS 1
YOU COULD DRINK A RED SODA WATER AND LOOK LIKE A THERMOMETER 1
“YOU GRAB A LEG, I’LL GRAB A LEG, MAKE A WISH” 1

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