a bag of bones

a bag of bones
(a bag of bones (тж. skin and bone или bones))
истощённый, измождённый человек, "скелет", кожа да кости [выражение a bag of bones создано Ч. Диккенсом; см. цитату]

There, get downstairs, little bag of bones. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Oliver Twist’, ch. IV) — Эй, спускайся вниз, заморыш.

He was nothing but skin and bone. His clothes hung upon him like rags on a scarecrow. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Moon and Sixpence’, ch. XXVI) — От Стрикленда остались только кожа да кости, одежда болталась на нем как на вешалке.

‘Go on, Blunt Pick, you old bag of bones,’ Sally laughed. ‘You don't imagine any girl would look at you, do you?’ (K. S. Prichard, ‘Winged Seeds’, ch. XXIII) — - А ну тебя, Тупая Кирка, - засмеялась Салли. - Неужто ты воображаешь, скелет несчастный, что найдется девушка, которая захочет на тебя взглянуть?


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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