单词 | to the bare bone |
释义 | > as lemmasto the bare bone (a) to the bone (also to the bare bone). extracted from bonen.1 (i) Right through the flesh so as to reach the bone. Frequently hyperbolical, or in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > in impoverished state [phrase] to the boneOE to be out at elbow(sa1616 in (also at) low water1785 down on the knuckle-bone1883 (down) on one's uppers1886 on the rocks1889 down and out1901 on the outer1915 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > perceive by intuition [verb (intransitive)] to the boneOE to follow one's nosec1555 intuit1828 society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > work hard or toil workeOE swingc1000 to the boneOE labourc1390 toilc1400 drevyll?1518 drudge1548 droy1576 droil1591 to tug at the (an) oar1612 to stand to it1632 rudge1676 slave1707 to work like a beaver1741 to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstone1828 to feague it away1829 to work like a nigger1836 delve1838 slave1852 leather1863 to sweat one's guts out1890 hunker1903 to sweat (also work) one's guts out1932 to eat (also work) like a horse1937 beaver1946 to work like a drover's dog1952 to get one's nose down (to)1962 the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money to the boneOE silverlessc1325 pennilessc1330 moneylessc1400 impecunious1596 crossless1600 penceless1605 unmoneyed1606 coinless1614 emptya1643 out of pocket1679 money-bound1710 broke1716 embarrassed1744 stiver cramped1785 plackless1786 taper1789 poundlessa1794 shillingless1797 unpennied1804 fundless1809 impecuniary1814 hard up1821 soldier-thighed1825 cashless1833 stiverless1839 fly-blown1853 strapped1857 stick1859 tight1859 stone-broke1886 stony1886 oofless1888 stony-broke1890 motherless1906 penny-pinched1918 skinned1924 skint1925 on the beach1935 potless1936 boracic1959 uptight1967 brassic1982 the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] > marked by or betokening meanness to the boneOE niggardly1561 niggard1673 stingy1849 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly > from beginning to end or through and through to the boneOE through and throughc1225 out and outc1300 from top to tail1303 out and inc1390 (from) head to heel (also heels)c1400 (from) head to foot (also feet)c1425 from top to (into, unto) toec1425 to the skin1526 to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends1530 from first to last1536 up and down1542 whole out1562 to the pith1587 to the back1594 from A to (also until) Z1612 from clew to earing1627 from top to bottom1666 back and edge1673 all hollow1762 (all) to pieces1788 from A to Za1821 to one's (also the) fingertips1825 to one's fingernails1851 from tip to toe1853 down to the ground1859 to the backbone1864 right the way1867 pur sang1893 from the ground up1895 in and out1895 from soda (card) to hock1902 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > indecent [phrase] to the boneOE near the knuckle1895 OE Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Laud) 61 On weallendum ele he het hine baðian, for ðan þe se hata ele gæð in to ðam bane. ?a1300 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Digby) xxxv, in Anglia (1881) 4 198 Betere is þe holde loverd þen þe newe, þat þe wole frete and gnawe To þe bare bone. a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 7 Ȝet þer is a bitterore bid [read bit] to þe bon, for euer þe furþe peni mot to þe kynge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15788 Ilk dint þat þai him gaf, it reked to þe ban. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 1059 They prile and poynten The folk right to the bare boon. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. sig. N.iii With occasyons of his warres he pylleth them with taxis and tallagis vnto the bare bones. 1596 tr. Deligtful Hist. Celestina vii. 57 The prince..hit him such a gash vnder his roundache, with his full force, that peircing his harnesse cleane thorow, he cut his flesh to the bone. 1619 T. Medeley Misericors, Μικροκοσμος 186 He shall be catched, dragd, and haled to prison, he shal be pincht & flieced to the bare bones, yea they will hardly leaue, till they haue pluckt from him all that hoe is able to make. 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xi. 57 His Thumb being inflamed..I made Incision into it to the Bone. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 62 There was lately a young Gentleman bit to the Bone. ?1774 Ess. Proper Suppl. Baratariana II. xlv. 243 If we..quietly hold out our necks for the yoke of slavery, we shall not only be plucked and picked, but pared to the bone. 1800 W. Holland Diary in Paupers & Pig Killers (1984) 29 Robert called me down rather early to see the horse's leg dressed. 'Tis a nasty wound quite to the bone. 1875 Indian Med. Gaz. 1 Feb. 43/2 The muscles were then divided down to the bone with a clean cut by a catlin from the heel to its point. 1913 L. Woolf Village in Jungle i. 11 There were few in the village without the filthy sores of parangi, their legs eaten out to the bone with the yellow, sweating ulcers. 1989 R. Swindells Follow Shadow (1991) 144 I was walking head bowed and half blind in the teeth of a wind which keened like a mourner and cut me to the bone. 2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 18 I long ago had been stabbed to the bone in the metacarpal thenar of my left hand. (ii) To the core; through and through; thoroughly, completely. ΚΠ 1756 Reasons to prove that Let. printed is French Forgery 22 The Thing scarce deserves an Answer, yet I am resolved to give it one, and make these French Scoundrels blush to the Bone. 1843 Monthly Serial Suppl. to New World Apr. 125/2 Chilled to the bone by the immersion he had undergone. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iii. xx. 375 He being Calvinist..she Lutheran..and strict to the bone. 1916 W. Owen Let. 16 Aug. (1967) 405 My poor troops were wet to the bone. (But I had my Trench Coat.) 1948 B. Griffith Amer. Me iii. iii. 302 They started jiving with the other kids between the tables like they was happy to the bone. 1997 Harper's Mag. Jan. 61 I was thrilled to the bone every time it rang. 2013 K. J. Fowler We are all completely beside Ourselves (2014) i. i. 6 My father was himself a college professor and a pedant to the bone. (iii) To the barest minimum; to the essentials. ΚΠ 1813 Parl. Hist. Eng. XVII. 1224 Then you charged the duty..payable in the colonies; where it was certain the collection would devour it to the bone; if any revenue were ever suffered to be collected at all. 1870 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. XII. xxxiii. 219 The public service had been pared to the bone, as even the supplies of ammunition had been cut short. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 9/2 (advt.) There's no wasted heat—no wasted oil. Fuel costs are cut to the bone. 1974 Billboard 22 June 48/4 I am determined not to cut any prices—I would rather have a smaller turnover but still show a profit than cut my margins to the bone. 2013 City A.M. 28 Aug. 2/4 The London housing market is currently experiencing a bubble..and that when this bursts there will be an almighty slowdown that will pare profits to the bone. < as lemmas |
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