Idiom
meat on one's bones
Meaning
An amount of flesh on one's body that prevents one from being very thin.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You look like you need some meat on your bones.”
“After his long illness, he is finally starting to put some meat on his bones.”
“The doctor suggested a high-calorie diet to help the patient regain his strength and put some meat on his bones.”
Examples
simple
“You look like you need some meat on your bones.”
contextual
“After his long illness, he is finally starting to put some meat on his bones.”
complex
“The doctor suggested a high-calorie diet to help the patient regain his strength and put some meat on his bones.”
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