to the bone en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) Completely, totally.
She's fun, they say. A friend, a force. “Good to the bone,” says Shelley Zalis, a founder of gender equality group The Female Quotient, who has been close to [Linda] Yaccarino for years.
2023 September 30, Hannah Murphy, quoting Shelley Zalis, “The wildest job in Silicon Valley”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17:The winter wind was so bitter it chilled me to the bone.
Lately, did you ever feel the pain / In the morning rain / As it soaks you to the bone?
1994, Noel Gallagher, “Live Forever”, in Definitely Maybe, performed by Oasis:After walking home in the rain, she was soaked to the bone.
I'm bad to the bone, I'm just a little torn / I'm makin' so much love
2004, George Michael, “My Mother Had a Brother”, in Patience:She could tell right away / That I was bad to the bone
1982, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, “Bad to the Bone”, in Bad to the Bone:I'm being worked to the bone to meet deadlines before the holiday rush.
I am one of those melodramatic fools / Neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it
1994, Green Day, “Basket Case”, in Dookie:
Deriveds
work one's fingers to the bone
Synonyms
to the fullest · all the way · to the marrow · to the brim · to the nines · in excelsis · to the gunnels · up to eleven · to the full · top to bottom · to the tonsils · to the backbone · to the core · to the nth degree · to the hilt · from soup to nuts · to the gills · to the core · to the top of one's bent · to the marrow · to the max · to the bone
Translations (7)
it fino all'osso (completely) · he עד העצם (completely) · pl do szpiku kości (completely) · pt até os ossos (completely) · it fino al midollo (completely) · es hasta la médula (completely) · fr jusqu'aux os (completely)