bone idle
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Because I’m bone idle and exercise-resistant, like many others.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2019
The second one's bone idle in all aspects, which is a shame 'cos he's got bags of abilities.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2012
As I always was, because Paul Stewart was bone idle!
From The Guardian ● May 20, 2010
Long before, as a farm-hand, he had been called "bone idle."
From Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War by Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright)
But "bone idle is what I called him," was the verdict long after of one, perhaps too critical, employer.
From Abraham Lincoln by Charnwood, Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron
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