English Idiom: All skin and bone

[kenia]

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?

kenia

[Alan]

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.

Alan
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English as a Second Language
You can read my ESL story Progressive Forms

[Tom]

[Alan]

Hi Tom,

She'd changed so - understood 'much'

A
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English as a Foreign Language
You can read my EFL story A spring in your step

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

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

Amy