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breath and britches
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Southern-US
figuratively
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Japanese Meaning
非常に痩せこけた、極端に細い体型を示す / 中身や実績のない、内容の乏しい男性（比喩的表現）
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physically (implying extreme thinness) or, / in terms of character, accomplishments, etc. / (Southern US, figuratively) A man of no substance.
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breath and britches
He looked like nothing more than breath and britches, so thin that his clothes barely hung on his bones.
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He looked like nothing more than breath and britches, so thin that his clothes barely hung on his bones.
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