English Dictionary

meat on one's bones

名詞

慣用表現 不可算名詞 広義

(idiomatic) An amount of flesh on one's body that stops one from being very skinny. / (by extension) An amount of mass, substance, or strength on or within something's body.

日本語の意味

体に十分な肉がついている状態、がっしりとした体格（痩せすぎではない様子） / 比喩的に、実体や存在感、力の備わった状態を示す

Getting meat on one's bones should be the first goal for anyone recovering from an illness.

病気から回復している人にとって、まずの目標は体に適度に肉をつけることだ。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) An amount of flesh on one's body that stops one from being very skinny.

意味（2）

(by extension) An amount of mass, substance, or strength on or within something's body.

You're dressing up as a canary? Can't you find something with a little more meat on its bones, like an eagle?