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Multiple Choice Questions

He 39 s turning into a bag of bones ........

English Language (IBPS RRB PO) Idiom & Phrases

Directions: In this question you are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase given in italics in the sentence.

He's turning into a bag of bones.

An emaciated person

A dead person

A person about to die

A bag full of bones

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Explanation:

Bag of bones (idiom):
an emaciated person or animal; weak and thin

It is used for a person or animal that is emaciated to the point where one can see bones protruding from the skin. (The skin is the figurative bag.)
It is a disparaging term for a very old person, especially one who has a frail appearance.

Ex: The old, abandoned dog looked like a bag of bones after living on the streets for so long.
Poor Dave, he looked like a bag of bones when he was done with his cancer treatment.

Hence, option A is correct.

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