| bone-dry |
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Having no trace of moisture. |
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Believe it or not, I hung out the washing only an hour ago
and it is already bone-dry. |
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| skin and bones |
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a person who is unusually thin
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| example
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When I saw Pauline, I could hardly recognize her because she
was just skin and bones. Cancer exacts a heavy toll, I
reflected sadly. |
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| bone-idle |
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Extremely lazy |
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| example
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If you continue to be bone-idle, your boss might sack you. |
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| bone up |
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Study intensively |
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| example
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My pen-friend Joelle from France is visiting me next month so
I had better bone up on my French. |
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| make no bones about |
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Act or speak frankly about something, without hesitation or
evasion
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They openly voiced their dissatisfaction with the service, making no bones about it at all. |
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| a
bone to pick |
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to want to talk to someone
about something annoying they have done: |
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You bet I have a bone to pick with you. You promised to take me on that holiday but then you
took someone else with you ! |
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| work one's fingers to the bone |
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to work extremely, especially
for a long time |
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| example
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After years of working her
fingers to the bone to give her children a a good
future, she managed to achieve her goal. |
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| bone of contention |
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something that two or more
people argue about fiercely over a long period of time |
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| example
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The property issue long remained
a bone of contention among the Tay siblings. It even
prevented their getting together for a family reunion dinner
during the New Year celebrations. |
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| bare-bones |
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basic elements or essentials |
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| example
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How do you expect me to help you
when all you've told me is nothing more than the bare bones ? I need more information, surely. |
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| feel in one's bones |
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Have an intuition or hunch about something |
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| example
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Trust me; she'll be selected for
the post. Don't ask me how; I can just feel it in my bones. |
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| close to the bone |
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it is close to the truth in a
way that might offend some people. |
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| example
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Of course it upset Mei Ling to
hear what Lian had to say about Meng. Don't you see it was a
little close to the bone ? |
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| to
the bone |
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completely |
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| example
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How could you keep me waiting so
long in the cold ? I'm almost frozen to the bone ! |
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