bone idle

adjective
🔊/ˌbəʊn ˈaɪdl/
🔊/ˌbəʊn ˈaɪdl/
(old-fashioned, British English, informal)
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  1. very lazy懒透了的
    • She never lifts a finger to help. She's bone idle.她连动动手指帮个忙都从来不做,她就是个懒骨头。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: expressing idle through to the bone.