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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "TAHR" (as in "tar") + "EHN" (as in "egg") + "LOHS" (as in "loan") + "WEH" (as in "west") + "sohs" (as in "solo")/

Meaning

To be extremely thin, visibly underweight to the point where your bones show. In Argentina and Uruguay the phrase describes a stark physical state caused by illness, severe dieting, or hard times.

Examples

He came back from his illness skin and bones, I saw him and got very worried.

She's been nothing but bones since she started that strict diet.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Venezuela
Bandera de Puerto Rico
Bacalao
Bandera de Cuba
Tasajo

A round clay or metal griddle where tortillas are heated and cooked in Mexico and Central America. The comal is the soul of Mexican cooking, there's no good tortilla without a good hot comal.