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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