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doesn't have a (certain kind of) bone in (one's) body

Does not display the trait stated between "a" and "bone." (This phrase does not refer to an actual bone in the human skeleton.) I highly doubt that Jeannie started that vicious rumor about you—she doesn't have a mean bone in her body.

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McIntosh (1989) assessed jealousy among a sample of black undergraduates and found that the lower one's feelings of self-esteem and the higher one's feelings of insecurity, the greater one tends to be jealous. Finally, researchers Peretti and Pudowski (1997) noted that the effects of feeling jealous included feeling rejected, insecure, and suspicious.

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But (https://www.latintimes.com/how-prince-harry-beat-prince-william-marathon-despite-future-king-being-bigger-443829?utm_source=Cengage&utm_medium=Feed&utm_campaign=Partnerships) Prince Harry also believed that Prince William was jealous of him one way or another.

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"I just found it curious," said Evans, speaking of Jealous' ethics reform plan in which he is expected to announce that, as governor, he would refuse to meet with lobbyists convicted of crimes such as fraud.

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I'm really starting to lose my patience now but I don't want to seem like I'm being jealous and childish.

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