The phrase "spindly legs" means that someone or something has thin, weak-looking legs that may seem fragile or unsteady.
Sentences with «spindly legs»
Bambi is reimagined with spindly legs in an ominous forest. (visualnews.com)
In the modern economy, «safe for use by children» is an assurance that rests on spindly legs. (gofreshbaby.com)
Emerging artist Victoria Burge also focuses on legs and feet in drawings and paintings of touchingly spindly legs in schoolgirl socks, conjuring their owners» youth and vulnerability. (artnews.com)