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bone idle

adjective

  1. very idle; extremely lazy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Because I’m bone idle and exercise-resistant, like many others.

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Idle rumour – and it is bone idle – suggests this information may have come from the Mourinho camp in order to guarantee the manager a warm welcome from the Old Trafford faithful this evening and the club hierarchy has since briefed reporters to say their manager’s future is not under immediate threat.

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The second one's bone idle in all aspects, which is a shame 'cos he's got bags of abilities.

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As I always was, because Paul Stewart was bone idle!

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An’ they’re mostly born an’ bone idle.’

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