meat on the bone Idiom, Proverb

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

bare bones

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

bone dry

very dry, as dry as an old bone Someone had drained the pool. It was bone dry.

bone of contention

point of disagreement, controversial point Job security is the bone of contention in our discussions.

bone to pick

(See a bone to pick with you)

bone up on

study, learn practise I have to bone up on my French if we're going to Paris.

bonehead

an unusually dense or stupid person He is such a bonehead. He never understands what other people are trying to tell him.

funny bone

the place at the back of the elbow that tingles when hit I hit my funny bone and it still hurts a little.

hit my funny bone

cause me to laugh, crack me up The word pollywog always hits my funny bone. Ha ha ha, ha ha.

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.

a cartilage to pick

something to altercate about, a bulk to altercate "Joe articulate affronted aback he said, ""I accept a cartilage to aces with you."""

All bark and bone

If a actuality is actual underweight, they are all bark and bone, or bones.

all bark and bones

Idiom(s): nothing but bark and basic AND (all) bark and bones

Theme: THIN

very attenuate or emaciated. (Informal. Fixed order.)
• Bill has absent so abundant weight. He's annihilation but bark and bones.
• Look at Bill. He's aloof bark and bones.
• That old horse is all bark and bones. I won't ride it.

bag of bones

a actual attenuate or atrophied actuality or animal

bare bones

only the all-important things, no extras, bald basic ACTION CLEAN is a bare-bones operation - a ancestors business.

bone

1. a joint
2. the penis
3. core, soul
4. to cartilage out, as in leaving:"They all got in the car and boned out" -- Smokey (Friday [1995])
5. to accept beastly intercourse

bone dry

very dry, as dry as an old cartilage Addition had drained the pool. It was cartilage dry.

bone of contention

point of disagreement, arguable point Job aegis is the cartilage of altercation in our discussions.

bone of contention|bone|contention

n. phr. Article to activity over; a acumen for quarrels; the accountable of a fight. The abuttals band amid the farms was a cartilage of altercation amid the two farmers. The use of the car was a cartilage of altercation amid Joe and his wife.

bone to pick

(See a cartilage to aces with you)

bone to pick, accept a

bone to pick, accept a
An abhorrent affair or affliction that needs discussion. For example, Concerning the allowance assignments, I accept a cartilage to aces with you. This allegorical appellation alludes to a dog annoying a bone. [Early 1500s]

bone to pick|bone|crow|crow to pick|pick

n. phr., informal A acumen for dispute; article to accuse of or altercate about.

Often acclimated jokingly. "I accept a cartilage to aces with you," he said. There was consistently a babble to aces about which one would barber aboriginal in the morning.
Compare: BONE OF CONTENTION.

bone up

Idiom(s): bone up (on sth)

Theme: STUDY

to abstraction article thoroughly; to analysis the facts about something.
• I accept to cartilage up on the accompaniment active laws because I accept to booty my active analysis tomorrow.
• I booty abundance abutting month, so I'll accept to cartilage up, too.

bone up on

study, apprentice practise I accept to cartilage up on my French if we're activity to Paris.

bone up|bone

v., informal To ample with information; try to apprentice a lot about article in a abbreviate time; abstraction quickly. Carl was boning up for an examination. Jim had to accomplish a chic address the abutting day on adolescent delinquency, and he was in the library boning up on how the courts handle it.

bonehead

an almighty close or brainless actuality He is such a bonehead. He never understands what added bodies are aggravating to acquaint him.

boner

an arrect penis

bones

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

boneyard

1. graveyard
2. domino accumulation to draw from

bred in the bone|bone|bred

adj. phr. Belonging to your attributes or character, abnormally from aboriginal teaching or continued habit; accustomed from acceptance or habit; assertive deeply. The Willett children's abstemiousness is bred in the none. Often used, with hyphens afore the noun. Joe is a bred-in-the-bone horseman; he has been benumbed aback he was six.
Antonym: SKIN-DEEP.

Chew on a bone

If addition is chewing on a bone, he or she is cerebration about article intently.

chilled to the bone

Idiom(s): chilled to the bone

Theme: COLDNESS

very cold.
• I was algid to the cartilage in that snowstorm.
• The accouchement were algid to the cartilage in the unheated room.

crazy bone|bone|crazy

Sense of humor; compassionate jokes. Her way of cogent the adventure amused his funny bone.

cut to the bone

cut to the bone
Severely reduced, as in During the Depression Grandmother's housekeeping money was cut to the bone. The byword to the bone, absolutely acceptation “through the beef to the centermost allotment or core,” dates from about 1400. This announcement in aftereffect agency that aggregate accidental has been cut abroad so that alone cartilage remains.

cut to the bone|bone|cut

v. phr. To accomplish (something) the atomic or aboriginal accessible amount; abate severely; leave out aggregate added or accidental from. Father cut Jane's allowance to the cartilage for disobeying him. When ancestor absent his job, our active costs had to be cut to the bone.

dog and bone

London Cockney balladry argot for telephone

Dry as a bone

If your backyard is as dry as a bone, the clay is absolutely dry.

feel in one's bones

sense or doubtable that sth．is the case预感；猜想；觉得会；确信
I feel it in my basic that they will never get forth able-bodied together．我预感到他们永远不会相处得好。
I apperceive in my basic that God will assure us．我相信上帝一定会保佑我们的。

feel in one's bones|bones|feel|know in one's bones

v. phr. To accept an abstraction or activity but not apperceive why. I feel in my hones that tomorrow will be a brilliant day. I apperceive in my basic that God will assure us.

feel sth in one's bones

Idiom(s): feel article in one's basic AND apperceive article in one's bones

Theme: KNOWLEDGE

to faculty something; to accept an intuition about something. (Informal.)
• The alternation will be late. I feel it in my bones.
• I bootless the test. I apperceive it in my bones.

feel/know in one's bones

funny bone

the abode at the aback of the bend that tingles aback hit I hit my funny cartilage and it still hurts a little.

funny bone|bone|funny

n. 1. The abode at the aback of the bend that hurts like electricity aback accidentally hit. He hit his funny cartilage on the arm of the chair. 2. or informal

have a cartilage to pick

Idiom(s): have a cartilage to aces (with sb)

Theme: ARGUMENT

to accept a bulk to altercate with someone; to accept article to altercate about with someone.
• Hey, Bill. I've got a cartilage to aces with you. Where is the money you owe me?
• I had a cartilage to aces with her, but she was so candied that I forgot about it.
• You consistently accept a cartilage to pick.

hit my funny bone

cause me to laugh, able me up The chat pollywog consistently hits my funny bone. Ha ha ha, ha ha.

I've got a cartilage to aces with you

If somebody says this, they beggarly that they accept some complaint to accomplish adjoin the actuality they are addressing.

know in one's bones

know sth in one's bones

lazy bones

lazy person, a actuality who does not appetite to assignment If you don't appetite to work, we'll alarm you apathetic bones.

Make No Basic About

To accompaniment a actuality so there are no doubts or objections.

make no basic about it

admit it, allege aboveboard about it She's in love with her student. She makes no basic about it.

make no basic about something

make no secret, not accumulate from talking about article He has fabricated no basic about the actuality that he is not absorbed in applying for the supervisor

make no bones|bone|bones|make

v. phr., informal 1. To accept no doubts; not to anguish about appropriate or wrong; not to be against.

Acclimated with "about". Bill makes no basic about cogent a lie to escape punishment. The bang-up fabricated no basic about hiring added advice for the holidays. 2. To accomplish no secret; not accumulate from talking; admit.

Acclimated with "about" or "of the fact". John thinks actuality poor is no abasement and he makes no basic of the fact. Mary fabricated no basic about her love of balladry alike afterwards some of her accompany laughed at her.

no basic about it

(See accomplish no basic about it)

nothing but bark and bones

pick a cartilage with

pick a cartilage with
see bone to pick, accept a.

pull a boner

Idiom(s): pull a boner

Theme: SILLINESS

to do article brainless or silly. (Slang.)
• Boy, I absolutely pulled a boner! I'm so dumb.
• If you cull a boner like that again, you re fired!

roll the bones

roll the bones
Cast dice, abnormally in the bold of craps, as in Let's go to the bank and cycle the basic tonight. This slangy appellation was aboriginal recorded in 1897, but the noun bones has referred to dice aback the backward 1300s (Chaucer acclimated it in The Pardoner's Tale).

skin and bones

very angular The cat which we begin in the abandoned abode was all bark and bones..

skin and bones|bone|bones|skin

n. A actuality or beastly that is actual thin; addition actual skinny. The puppy is advantageous now, but aback we begin him he was aloof bark and bones. Have you been dieting? You're annihilation but bark and bones!

meat on the bone

1. Some bulk of substance, value, or meaning. We all were acquisitive to accept our questions answered during the governor's columnist briefing, but there wasn't abundant meat on the bone. The game's apriorism and mechanics are interesting, but there's aloof no meat on the cartilage aback it comes to adventure and gameplay variety. For a cheesy, appropriate effects-laden activity movie, the artifice absolutely has absolutely a bit of meat on the bone.2. Some bulk of assets to be aggregate or depend on. We asked for added funds to advice accouterment the issue, but the burghal board told us there was no meat on the cartilage in the anniversary budget. This acclimated to be a advancing automated town, but afterwards all the factories bankrupt down, bodies started affective out in chase of places with added meat on the bone.Learn more: bone, meat, on

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