At 42, this recovering alcoholic has a perspective that comes only from a life lived hard and
close to the bone.
Stewart's raffish history cuts
close to the bone and suggests to this reader that today's textbooks may be approaching the end of their run.
Stephen's insight, interpretation, and proclamation were so
close to the bone that his hearers could not stand it.
Nonetheless, his writing is honest,
close to the bone, upsetting and thought provoking, without the usual polite sugar coating we often use in discussing racism in America.
It was created because it's cheaper to make food that way, and most people live
close to the bone.
CEOs also need someone to talk with, as many of his of her problems, hopes and fears cannot be discussed with employees as they cut too
close to the bone.
After several rounds of layoffs, the company has already cut as
close to the bone as it dares.
Perhaps even more so, it is a question
close to the bone for those who are called to proclaim the good news of God in Jesus Christ in the messy, mundane, and everyday places and spaces where people live and Christian life and ministry happen.
I assume from his writing style that he does not expect to be taken seriously but, nonetheless, he is biting the hand that feeds him and his teeth are going pretty
close to the bone.
The plot for the movie cut
close to the bone of reality.
What pervades Southern Road (1932), Brown's most accomplished volume of work, is a spirit of black life lived materially
close to the bone.
After piercing through the layer of fat, the muscle tissue layer underneath was tender enough, but seemed to be coarser and, because the pig was so big, was a little pink
close to the bone.
Oceans on Fire is an environmental thriller, one that soon could be too
close to the bone.
COMEDY The hilariously
close to the bone comedy concludes.
conduct at Barnsley and say some stuff, some banter, although never go over the line, but sometimes it was a bit
close to the bone and "There was no real code of conduct at Barnsley and I would say some stuff, some banter, although never go over the line, but sometimes it was a bit
close to the bone and I wouldn't get away with it here, so it's probably the best thing I've done.