もぬけの殻

もぬけのから · also もぬけのカラ

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; deserted; body from which the soul has left

Also written 蛻の殻、もぬけの空、モヌケの殻、モヌケの空、藻抜けの殻、蛻の空、蛻のから、裳抜けの殻、蛻けの殻、裳脱けの殻

Meaning

expn
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; deserted
expn
body from which the soul has left; corpse
expn
shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

Example sentences

地獄はもぬけの空だ。すべての悪魔はここ地上に来ているから。

Hell is empty, and all the devils are here!
サミの家ん中は、もぬけの殻だった。

Sami's house was completely empty.
「食堂はもぬけの殻だったよ」「もぬけの殻？誰もいないの？」「人っ子一人ね」

"The canteen was empty." "Empty? No one there at all?" "Not a soul."