校園口語第170課:骨瘦如柴的人

身體部位的單詞，與其他詞語搭配可以形象地表達豐富的含義，今天我們要學的短語中，都含有“bone”這個詞，bone的原意是“骨骼”，看看它的搭配能表達哪些意思呢？

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，真的要變得骨瘦如柴了。

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

3. be as dry as a bone 乾燥極了、口渴極了
例句：Let's stop for a drink. I'm as dry as a bone.
咱們停下來喝點什麼吧，我的嗓子幹得直冒煙。

4. be bone idle 懶到家了、懶到極點了
The boy has a good enough brain but he's bone idle and won't study.
例句：這個男孩腦子十分好，但就是懶惰成性，不肯學習。

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.
他的有些笑話近乎下流。

6. be chilled to the bone 凍僵了
例句：You will be chilled to the bone without your overcoat.
要是不穿大衣你會感到寒氣刺骨。

7. bone of contention 爭論的焦點
例句：The division of their father's property is their bone of contention.
父親的財產分配問題是他們爭吵的原因。

8. feel in your bones 直覺地意識到，從內心（預）感到
She felt in her bones that she would succeed.
例句：她堅信自己能成功。

9. bone up 刻苦用功讀書
I must bone up on my French before we go to Paris.
例句：在我們去巴黎之前，我必須刻苦學習法語。