to the bone

Idioms  

1. see chilled to the bone; cut to the bone; work one's fingers to the bone.

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Example Sentences

Semple’s writing draws from real life in ways that could cut close to the bone.

From The Wall Street Journal

“For two decades or so, you had governments that essentially felt that New Zealand was living in a benign strategic environment…and could afford to really cut defense spending to the bone,” said David Capie, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies at Victoria University in Wellington.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the Financial Times, Rebecca Nicholson says SNL UK is "clearly trying to find its own voice", singling out the "close to the bone" Weekend Update and a "witty and dark" cosmetics ad where the joke is that it makes women look too young.

From BBC

I had by this time lost all feeling in my feet and hands, but now the intense cold seemed to be seeping into my whole body, and chilling me to the bone.

From Literature

It was hardly what was happening to me, but the story still dug a little too close to the bone.

From Literature