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English Idiom: All skin and bone #1 (permalink) Tue Nov 15, 2005 0:57 am   English Idiom: All skin and bone
 

Test No. express/inter-14 "British Idioms", question 3

Yes, I suppose she was but she'd changed so. She was all skin and bone.

(a) very thin
(b) very mean
(c) very fat
(d) very poor

Test No. express/inter-14 "British Idioms", answer 3

Yes, I suppose she was but she'd changed so. She was very thin.

Correct answer: (a) very thin
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I'm confused about what does the sentence exactly means?

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Skin and bone #2 (permalink) Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:17 am   Skin and bone
 

Hi kenia,

The expression all skin and bone describes someone who is very ill or starving and who as a result looks very thin and someone whose bones you can almost see.

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English Idiom: All skin and bone #3 (permalink) Mon Jan 01, 2007 21:15 pm   English Idiom: All skin and bone
 

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Yes, I suppose she was but she'd changed so. She was all skin and bone.

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Is the sentence complete??

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English Idiom: All skin and bone #4 (permalink) Mon Jan 01, 2007 21:22 pm   English Idiom: All skin and bone
 

Hi Tom,

She'd changed so - understood 'much'

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English Idiom: All skin and bone #5 (permalink) Mon Jan 01, 2007 22:08 pm   English Idiom: All skin and bone
 

Hi Tom

The test is in the form of a story. The part you highlighted in red refers back to the previous sentence.

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