On short rations (of food)
Examples
Holy cow! What happened to you? Did they put you on short rations to lose all that weight? 
Mamma mia come sei dimagrita! Che cosa ti รจ successo, ti hanno messo a stecchetto? On short rations (of food)
Holy cow! What happened to you? Did they put you on short rations to lose all that weight?
Mamma mia come sei dimagrita! Che cosa ti รจ successo, ti hanno messo a stecchetto?