to the bone

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to the bone

as completely as possible Over the past 10 years, music programs in the public schools have been cut to the bone. When the wind whips around the house, even with the heat turned up I get chilled to the bone.

Etymology: based on the idea of cutting all the meat from a bone, which leaves nothing that can be eaten

See also: bone

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? References in classic literature
Not until she repeated that it was all right and nodded her head consentingly did he go to the bone. The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context I noticed at the same time that the Kanaka's knuckles were laid open clear across and to the bone. The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context He sprang upon Buck, and twice his teeth sank into his unresisting foe and ripped and tore the flesh to the bone. The Call of the Wild by London, Jack View in context More results

? References in classic literature

Not until she repeated that it was all right and nodded her head consentingly did he go to the bone.

The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context

I noticed at the same time that the Kanaka's knuckles were laid open clear across and to the bone.

The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context

He sprang upon Buck, and twice his teeth sank into his unresisting foe and ripped and tore the flesh to the bone.

The Call of the Wild by London, Jack View in context

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