bone-idle

bone-idle

Extremely lazy. Can you please get Billy to go to the playground or something? He's just laying around all day, being bone-idle. Andrew, stop being bone-idle and get to work on your book report! Susie still hasn't cleaned up that mess? Ugh, that child is bone-idle sometimes.
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ˌbone ˈidle

(British English, informal) (of a person) very lazy: The family consists of Vera, her intensely irritating husband and her two bone idle sons.
See also: bone, idle
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