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• as dry as a bone
  очень сухой, высохший; (сухой как кость)

  During the drought the land became as dry as a bone.
• bare bones (of something)
  самые основные части чего-либо

  "You can't possibly cut out these paragraphs from your essay; they are the bare bones of the topic."
• bone of contention
  яблоко раздора, предмет разногласий

  The inheritance their Grandfather had left to the sisters was a bone of contention for them.
• chilled to the bone
  промерзнуть до костей

  As I wore a flimsy coat, I got chilled to the bone.
• close to the bone
  (что-либо) что выводит из душевного равновесия, задевает за живое

  The situation was both embarrassing and upsetting; it hit me close to the bone.
• down to the bone
  полностью, до самого корня \ до костей

  The weather was very frosty, and it chilled me right down to the bone.
• feel (something) in one's bones
  интуитивно чувствовать что-либо

  Jacob felt it in his bones that he was not going to get the job that he wanted.
• know (something) in one's bones
  интуитивно чувствовать что-либо

  I know it in my bones that Joe is going to deceive me again.
• make no bones about (something)
  не колебаться или не церемониться

  Mike made no bones about the matter; he despised Captain Blood.
• skin and bones
  кожа да кости, очень худой

  Cecily has been keeping to a slimming diet for a long time, and now she is all skin and bones.
• to the bone
  до основания, насквозь, до костей

  I am afraid I have worked my fingers to the bone.