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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