rattle bones Idiom, Proverb

bare bones

only the necessary things, no extras, bare bones ACTION CLEAN is a bare-bones operation - a family business.

lazy bones

lazy person, a person who does not want to work If you don't want to work, we'll call you lazy bones.

make no bones about it

admit it, speak openly about it She's in love with her student. She makes no bones about it.

make no bones about something

make no secret, not keep from talking about something He has made no bones about the fact that he is not interested in applying for the supervisor

no bones about it

(See make no bones about it)

skin and bones

very skinny The cat which we found in the empty house was all skin and bones..

bag of bones

a very thin or emaciated person or animal

bones

1. dominos
2. dice, as in "rollin' them bones"
3. money

feel in one's bones

sense or suspect that sth．is the case预感；猜想；觉得会；确信
I feel it in my bones that they will never get along well together．我预感到他们永远不会相处得好。
I know in my bones that God will protect us．我相信上帝一定会保佑我们的。

feel/know in one's bones

rattle-bones

slang A being or beastly that is acutely skinny, abnormally so that their basic are arresting through their skin. They gave me this abandoned old rattle-bones of a horse to ride. I didn't anticipate it would alike accomplish it all the way to Las Cruces. I can't accept you let a angular little rattle-bones like him exhausted you in a fight.

rattlebones

n. a appellation for a actual angular person. (Also a appellation of address.) Hey, rattlebones, appear over actuality a minute.

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