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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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I like the ad, and I’m chilled to the bone by the technology.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026

Instead, it acts as a signal that travels through the body to the bone marrow, where immune cells are produced.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

The BBC reported that the injury is not an anterior cruciate ligament tear but does involve damage to the bone and ligament.

From Barron's • Jan. 11, 2026

She’d worked herself to the bone to get her son higher in the world than she is.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

If not for these, she would have been chilled to the bone.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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