含义: a bag of bones

骨瘦如柴的人

bone 成语

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.

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..

to the bone

entirely, to the core, through all layers He was wet to the bone after staying out in the rain for two hours.

work my fingers to the bone

work so hard that I become thin and weak I worked my fingers to the bone to help my kids get an education.

bag of bones

a very thin or emaciated person or animal

bone

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

boner

an erect penis

bones

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

boneyard

1. graveyard
2. domino pile to draw from

dog and bone

London Cockney rhyming slang for telephone

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

know in one's bones

work one's fingers to the bone

Idiom(s): work one's fingers to the bone

Theme: EFFORT

to work very hard.
• I worked my fingers to the bone so you children could have everything you needed. Now look at the way you treat me!
• I spent the day working my fingers to the bone, and now I want to relax.

pull a boner

Idiom(s): pull a boner

Theme: SILLINESS

to do something stupid or silly. (Slang.)
• Boy, I really pulled a boner! I'm so dumb.
• If you pull a boner like that again, you re fired!

nothing but skin and bones

Idiom(s): nothing but skin and bones AND (all) skin and bones

Theme: THIN

very thin or emaciated. (Informal. Fixed order.)
• Bill has lost so much weight. He's nothing but skin and bones.
• Look at Bill. He's just skin and bones.
• That old horse is all skin and bones. I won't ride it.

have a bone to pick

Idiom(s): have a bone to pick (with sb)

Theme: ARGUMENT

to have a matter to discuss with someone; to have something to argue about with someone.
• Hey, Bill. I've got a bone to pick with you. Where is the money you owe me?
• I had a bone to pick with her, but she was so sweet that I forgot about it.
• You always have a bone to pick.

feel sth in one's bones

Idiom(s): feel something in one's bones AND know something in one's bones

Theme: KNOWLEDGE

to sense something; to have an intuition about something. (Informal.)
• The train will be late. I feel it in my bones.
• I failed the test. I know it in my bones.

chilled to the bone

Idiom(s): chilled to the bone

Theme: COLDNESS

very cold.
• I was chilled to the bone in that snowstorm.
• The children were chilled to the bone in the unheated room.

bone up

Idiom(s): bone up (on sth)

Theme: STUDY

to study something thoroughly; to review the facts about something.
• I have to bone up on the state driving laws because I have to take my driving test tomorrow.
• I take mine next month, so I'll have to bone up, too.

know sth in one's bones

all skin and bones

Sticks and stones will break my bones but names w

Physical attacks may harm me, but cruel words will not.

All skin and bone

If a person is very underweight, they are all skin and bone, or bones.

Chew on a bone

If someone is chewing on a bone, he or she is thinking about something intently.

Dry as a bone

If your lawn is as dry as a bone, the soil is completely dry.

I've got a bone to pick with you

If somebody says this, they mean that they have some complaint to make against the person they are addressing.

Throw someone a bone

If you throw someone a bone, you give them a small reward or some kind words to make them feel good even if they've not really contributed much.

Work your fingers to the bone

If you work your fingers to the bone, you work extremely hard on something.

Make No Bones About

To state a fact so there are no doubts or objections.

T-bone steak|T-bone|steak

n. A steak with a bone in it which looks like a "T". On Jim's birthday we had T-bone steak for supper.

bone of contention|bone|contention

n. phr. Something to fight over; a reason for quarrels; the subject of a fight. The boundary line between the farms was a bone of contention between the two farmers. The use of the car was a bone of contention between Joe and his wife.

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

n. phr., informal A reason for dispute; something to complain of or argue about.

Often used jokingly. "I have a bone to pick with you," he said. There was always a crow to pick about which one would shave first in the morning.
Compare: BONE OF CONTENTION.

bone up|bone

v., informal To fill with information; try to learn a lot about something in a short time; study quickly. Carl was boning up for an examination. Jim had to make a class report the next day on juvenile delinquency, and he was in the library boning up on how the courts handle it.

bred in the bone|bone|bred

adj. phr. Belonging to your nature or character, especially from early teaching or long habit; natural from belief or habit; believing deeply. The Willett children's cleanness is bred in the none. Often used, with hyphens before the noun. Joe is a bred-in-the-bone horseman; he has been riding since he was six.
Antonym: SKIN-DEEP.

crazy bone|bone|crazy

Sense of humor; understanding jokes. Her way of telling the story tickled his funny bone.

cut to the bone|bone|cut

v. phr. To make (something) the least or smallest possible amount; reduce severely; leave out everything extra or unnecessary from. Father cut Jane's allowance to the bone for disobeying him. When father lost his job, our living expenses had to be cut to the bone.

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

v. phr. To have an idea or feeling but not know why. I feel in my hones that tomorrow will be a sunny day. I know in my bones that God will protect us.

More Idioms/Phrases

feast or a famine feather in one's cap feather one's nest fed to the gills fed up feel a draft feel for someone feel free to do feel in one's bones feel like feel like a million feel like a new man feel low feel no pain feel one's oats feel one's way feel out

English Vocalbulary

a baker's dozen a ball of fortune a barber's cat a bare possibility a bas a basket of currencies a battalion of a battery a-battery a beam in sb.'s own eye a beaten path a beaten track a bed of down a bed of flowers a bed of honor a bed of roses a bee in one's bonnet a besetting sin