Last Updated：2025/11/22

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skinny as a rail

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Source Word

skinny as a rail

Adjective

colloquial not-comparable

(simile, colloquial) Especially of a person, very skinny.

Japanese Meaning

（俗語）極度に痩せている、細身で骨ばっている様子を表す表現。 / （比喩的に）鉄道のレールのように、非常に痩せていることを強調する言い回し。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

数か月のストレスと徹夜のせいで、トムはがりがりに痩せてしまい、昔の服が入らなくなった。

Sense（1）

(simile, colloquial) Especially of a person, very skinny.

At fifteen, he was already six feet tall and skinny as a rail.

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