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bare bonesJust the minimum requiredRate it:

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bare backRiding a horse without a saddle.Rate it:

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bare headTo go out into cold weather without covering your head.Rate it:

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bare necessitiesthe very least that is enough to get byRate it:

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bare one's soulTo reveal one's innermost feelings and thoughts, especially concerning one's doubts, regrets, or flaws; to tell one's personal secrets to others.Rate it:

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bare one's teethOf an animal, to show one's teeth as a sign of aggression.Rate it:

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bare one's teethTo show one's aggression.Rate it:

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with one's bare handsbarehandedlyRate it:

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bag of bonesA skinny, malnourished person.Rate it:

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jump someone's bonesTo have sex.Rate it:

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bones to the late comersIf you are invited to a party (marriage /dinner /lunch) and you happen to reach there late, only the bones that are left by the people who arrived earlier than you, will be waiting for you.Rate it:

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make one's bonesTo commit a murder in order to be respected in a criminal gang.Rate it:

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chew the meat and spit out the bonesTo take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicableRate it:

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feel in one's bonesTo sense a fact or to have a strong conviction as a result of one's own practical experience, instinct, or gut feeling.Rate it:

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give me your bonesTo support someoneRate it:

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love bonesA girlfriend or boyfriend.Rate it:

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make no bones aboutTo see no difficulty in, have no objection to.Rate it:

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Make No Bones about SomethingTo be straight forward and honestRate it:

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make one's bonesTo establish one's bona fides; to establish status and respect.Rate it:

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meat on one's bonesAn amount of flesh on one's body that stops one from being very skinny.Rate it:

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no bones about itwithout any doubtRate it:

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skin and bonesSaid of one who is emaciated; very skinny, as from lack of nutrition.Rate it:

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sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt meA response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference.Rate it:

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sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt meAlternative form of sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.Rate it:

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breast upTo cut the face of on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.Rate it:

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hydrogen iona bare hydrogen nucleus; a proton , deuteron or tritonRate it:

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sticks and stonesEvocative of the saying "sticks and stones may (or will) break my bones, but words (or names) will never hurt (or harm) me".1957, Brendan Gill, The Day the Money StoppedRate it:

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big-bonedUsed other than as an idiom: Having large bones.Rate it:

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capite aperto (opp. operto)bare-headed.Rate it:

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ne faire ni une ni deuxTo make no bones about it; To make up one’s mind quickly.Rate it:

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pele e ossoskin and bonesRate it:

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remplumerTo put flesh on the bonesRate it:

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rien que d'y penser j'en ai le frissonThe bare thought of it makes me shudder.Rate it:

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s'agenouiller à cruTo kneel on the bare ground, on the cold stone (without a hassock or carpet).Rate it:

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shirtlessNot wearing a shirt. Having a bare torso.Rate it:

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short strokesBare essentials.Rate it:

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smoking gunThe conclusive evidence, the bare facts, clear and decisive picture.Rate it:

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