身体部位的单词，与其他词语搭配可以形象地表达丰富的含义，今天我们要学的短语中，都含有“bone”这个词，bone的原意是“骨骼”，看看它的搭配能表达哪些意思呢？

1. a bag of bones 骨瘦如柴的人
If you don't eat more you'll soon be a bag of bones.
例句：你要再不多吃些，真的要变得骨瘦如柴了。

2. be skin and bone 瘦得皮包骨；极瘦
例句：He was all skin and bone after his illness.
他病后瘦成了皮包骨。

3. be as dry as a bone 干燥极了、口渴极了
例句：Let's stop for a drink. I'm as dry as a bone.
咱们停下来喝点什么吧，我的嗓子干得直冒烟。

4. be bone idle 懒到家了、懒到极点了
The boy has a good enough brain but he's bone idle and won't study.
例句：这个男孩脑子十分好，但就是懒惰成性，不肯学习。

5. close to the bone 近乎下流的、卑鄙的
例句： Some of his jokes were a bit close to the bone.
他的有些笑话近乎下流。

6. be chilled to the bone 冻僵了
例句：You will be chilled to the bone without your overcoat.
要是不穿大衣你会感到寒气刺骨。

7. bone of contention 争论的焦点
例句：The division of their father's property is their bone of contention.
父亲的财产分配问题是他们争吵的原因。

8. feel in your bones 直觉地意识到，从内心（预）感到
She felt in her bones that she would succeed.
例句：她坚信自己能成功。

9. bone up 刻苦用功读书
I must bone up on my French before we go to Paris.
例句：在我们去巴黎之前，我必须刻苦学习法语。