Meaning of to the bone | Babel Free
Equivalents
Examples
“The winter wind was so bitter it chilled me to the bone.”
“After walking home in the rain⟳, she was soaked to the bone.”
“I'm being worked to the bone to meet⟳ deadlines before the holiday rush⟳.”
“She could tell⟳ right away / That I was bad to the bone”
“I am one of those melodramatic fools / Neurotic to the bone, no doubt⟳ about it”
“Lately, did you ever feel⟳ the pain / In the morning rain⟳ / As it soaks you to the bone?”
“I'm bad to the bone, I'm just a little torn / I'm makin' so much love⟳”
“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.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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