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bag of bonesA skinny, malnourished person.Rate it:

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jump someone's bonesTo have sex.Rate it:

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замёрзнуть как собакаto be chilled to the marrow, to feel as cold as ice, to be frozen through, to be chilled to the boneRate it:

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bare bonesJust the minimum requiredRate it:

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bones to the late comersIf you are invited to a party (marriage /dinner /lunch) and you happen to reach there late, only the bones that are left by the people who arrived earlier than you, will be waiting for you.Rate it:

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make one's bonesTo commit a murder in order to be respected in a criminal gang.Rate it:

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sticks and stonesEvocative of the saying "sticks and stones may (or will) break my bones, but words (or names) will never hurt (or harm) me".1957, Brendan Gill, The Day the Money StoppedRate it:

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big-bonedUsed other than as an idiom: Having large bones.Rate it:

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chew the meat and spit out the bonesTo take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicableRate it:

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feel in one's bonesTo sense a fact or to have a strong conviction as a result of one's own practical experience, instinct, or gut feeling.Rate it:

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give me your bonesTo support someoneRate it:

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love bonesA girlfriend or boyfriend.Rate it:

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make no bones aboutTo see no difficulty in, have no objection to.Rate it:

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Make No Bones about SomethingTo be straight forward and honestRate it:

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make one's bonesTo establish one's bona fides; to establish status and respect.Rate it:

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meat on one's bonesAn amount of flesh on one's body that stops one from being very skinny.Rate it:

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ne faire ni une ni deuxTo make no bones about it; To make up one’s mind quickly.Rate it:

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no bones about itwithout any doubtRate it:

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pele e ossoskin and bonesRate it:

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remplumerTo put flesh on the bonesRate it:

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skin and bonesSaid of one who is emaciated; very skinny, as from lack of nutrition.Rate it:

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sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt meA response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference.Rate it:

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sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt meAlternative form of sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.Rate it:

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