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Prepositional phrase
to the bone
- (idiomatic) Completely, totally.
- Synonyms: to the core; see also Thesaurus:to the full
1994, Green Day (lyrics and music), “Basket Case”, in Dookie:I am one of those melodramatic fools / Neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it
2004, George Michael (lyrics and music), “My Mother Had a Brother”, in Patience:I'm bad to the bone, I'm just a little torn / I'm makin' so much love
2023 September 30, Hannah Murphy, quoting Shelley Zalis, “The wildest job in Silicon Valley”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 17: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 Yaccarino for years.
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