To the bone

Дата публикации: Sep 19, 2015 3:53:58 PM

0. to the bone - entirely, to the core

I was wet to the bone after walking in the rain for two hours.

1. soaked to the bone - soaked to bone is an idiom that basically means that you are drenched.

Justin Bieber was soaked to the bone when he stood outside in the pounding rain for an our, doing a performence out in the country side.

2. chilled to the bone - very cold

I was chilled to the bone after swimming in the cold lake.

3. close to/near the bone - something (a story or remark) that is embarrassing or upsetting, very personal or offensively honest.

He said he was only joking, but his comments were so close to the bone they weren't funny at all.

The remarks of my boss hit close to the bone when he began to criticize my work habits.

4. cut (something) to the bone - to cut down severely on something, to severely reduce something

The company cut all of the extra expenses to the bone.

5. down to the bone - entirely, to the core

The rain and snow chilled me right down to the bone.

6. work one's fingers to the bone - also, work one's tail or butt off . Exert oneself, labor very hard, as in She's working her fingers to the bone to support her children, or I work my tail off and then the government takes half my income in taxes. The first hyperbole, with its image of working the skin and flesh off one's fingers, dates from the mid-1800s; the less polite variants date from the first half of the 1900s.

7. bad to the bone - Thoroughly and completely immoral, wicked, dangerous, and/or unlawful. Often used in an ironic, jocular way.

Don't mess with me, I'm bad to the bone!

I bet he thinks he's bad to the bone, riding around on that motorcycle.