Throw me a bone!

throw (one) a bone

To attempt to appease or placate someone by giving them something trivial or of minor importance or by doing some small favor for them. (A reference to giving a dog a bone or scrap from a bigger portion of food.) My younger brother is always pleading for me to help out his career, so I threw him a bone and got him a small gig.

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Throw me a bone!

Help! College students used this phrase to ask classmates for assistance in studying for an exam or as a request for the answers.

See also: throw

Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price Copyright © 2011 by Steven D. Price