to the bone
prep_phrase1
Idiomatic Completely, totally.
- The winter wind was so bitter it chilled me to the bone.
- After walking home in the rain, she was soaked to the bone.
4 more examples
- I'm being worked to the bone to meet deadlines before the holiday rush.
- She could tell right away / That I was bad to the bone1982, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, “Bad to the Bone”, in Bad to the Bone:
- I am one of those melodramatic fools / Neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it1994, Green Day, “Basket Case”, in Dookie:
- Lately, did you ever feel the pain / In the morning rain / As it soaks you to the bone?1994, Noel Gallagher, “Live Forever”, in Definitely Maybe, performed by Oasis:
- Synonyms
- to the marrow
- Derived terms
- work one's fingers to the bone