Itasan  +  226091 Wed, 17 May 06 09:58 AM In Japanese, 'bones' comes first: He is bones and skin. In English, always 'skin and bones'? Also, 1. Can it be more figuratively used for other things than the body? 2. Any other expressions to refer to a very skinny person? Thank you. Itasan Joined on Wed, May 11 2005 Japan Full Member 402

	Inchoateknowledge  +  226094 Wed, 17 May 06 10:12 AM skin and bones is the right sequence. bag of bones, as thin as a rake, gangly, lanky, bony, sinewy, scrawny Inchoateknowledge Joined on Wed, May 3 2006 Senior Member 2,549 Beep! Beep! :)

	Marius Hancu  +  226141 Wed, 17 May 06 01:24 PM it's in the dictionary this way: ------------ skin and bones 1 : a condition of extreme emaciation 2 : excessive thinness Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. ----------- Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673