英语词汇“on one's bones”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) slang (chiefly Australian and New Zealand). Badly off; desperate or in dire straits, esp. because of lack of money; occasionally also on one's bones. Now also more fully on the bones of one's arse.

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1891 N.Z. Observer 21 Nov. His sweet companion fell head over heels in love with another member of the sterner sex..leaving our manufacturer of rhyme (to speak in vulgar phraseology) fairly ‘on the bone’.

1898 Pelorus Guardian (Havelock, Marlborough, N.Z.) 29 July We don't know any of our chaps that won't pay it..that the poor old chaps, who are ‘on the bone,’ may have a good old rest.

1922 J. Galsworthy Loyalties i. i. 13 Ronny Dancy's on his bones again, I'm afraid.

1925 Windsor & Richmond (New S. Wales) Gaz. 25 Dec. When Murray's colony went ‘bung’, and the colonists were ‘on the bone’.

1959 D. Hewett Bobbin Up 104 You only took State kids when you were on the bones of your arse..to [help] feed your kids and kept them out of a Home.

2012 FourFourTwo Mar. 69/3 They've got 33 professional players. We're on the bones of our arse with 20 part-timers.

2017 Australian (Nexis) 21 Oct. 17 The department..would not give him any financial support, despite him being able to demonstrate that he was on his bones.

单词	on one's bones
释义	> as lemmas on one's bones (a) slang (chiefly Australian and New Zealand). Badly off; desperate or in dire straits, esp. because of lack of money; occasionally also on one's bones. Now also more fully on the bones of one's arse. ΚΠ 1891 N.Z. Observer 21 Nov. His sweet companion fell head over heels in love with another member of the sterner sex..leaving our manufacturer of rhyme (to speak in vulgar phraseology) fairly ‘on the bone’. 1898 Pelorus Guardian (Havelock, Marlborough, N.Z.) 29 July We don't know any of our chaps that won't pay it..that the poor old chaps, who are ‘on the bone,’ may have a good old rest. 1922 J. Galsworthy Loyalties i. i. 13 Ronny Dancy's on his bones again, I'm afraid. 1925 Windsor & Richmond (New S. Wales) Gaz. 25 Dec. When Murray's colony went ‘bung’, and the colonists were ‘on the bone’. 1959 D. Hewett Bobbin Up 104 You only took State kids when you were on the bones of your arse..to [help] feed your kids and kept them out of a Home. 2012 FourFourTwo Mar. 69/3 They've got 33 professional players. We're on the bones of our arse with 20 part-timers. 2017 Australian (Nexis) 21 Oct. 17 The department..would not give him any financial support, despite him being able to demonstrate that he was on his bones. extracted from bonen.¹ < as lemmas
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