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Bony ridge shuttle
  Explanation: Explicit describe thin people or animals.
  Source: Zhou Libo, "Storm" Part Nine: "His house, the thin bone Haloxylon, the day to worry black, worry rice, salt worry about firewood and worry."
  Examples: Miss Wood panic rush to the door, just ran into the white-faced ghost ~ hunched shoulders, strode gas tiger to come out. ★ Wang Xi Yan, "the ancient city of melancholy"
No. 2
  瘦骨梭棱
  shòu gǔ léng léng
  〖解释〗形容人或动物消瘦露骨。
  〖出处〗周立波《暴风骤雨》第一部九:“他屋里的,瘦骨梭梭的,一天愁到黑,愁米、愁柴又愁盐。”
  〖示例〗木木姐惊慌地赶进门去,正好撞见那个白面鬼耸着~的肩膀,气虎虎地跨着大步跑出来。 ★王西彦《古城的忧郁》