bone

I 1. [bəʊn]

nome

1) (of human, animal) osso m.; (of fish) lisca f., spina f.

made of bone — d'osso

chicken on, off the bone — pollo con l'osso, disossato

to break every bone in one's body — spezzarsi tutte le ossa

2) (in corset) stecca f.

2.

nome plurale bones (animal skeleton) ossa f., scheletro m.sing.; (human remains) resti m. umani, scheletro m.sing.

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bone of contention — oggetto del contendere o pomo della discordia

to be a bag of bones — essere pelle e ossa

close to the bone — (wounding) offensivo; (racy) sconcio

to cut sth. to the bone — ridurre qcs. all'osso

to feel sth. in one's bones — sentirsi qcs. nelle ossa

to have a bone to pick with sb. — avere una questione da sistemare con qcn.

to make no bones about sth. — non farsi scrupoli di qcs.

sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never harm me) — prov. raglio d'asino non sale al cielo

to work one's fingers to the bone — lavorare sodo, sgobbare

II [bəʊn]

verbo transitivo disossare [joint, chicken]; spinare, togliere le lische a [fish]

- bone up on

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[bəun] 1. noun

1) (the hard substance forming the skeleton of man, animals etc: Bone decays far more slowly than flesh.) osso; lisca, spina

2) (a piece of this substance: She broke two of the bones in her foot.) osso

2. verb

(to take the bones out of (fish etc).) disossare; togliere le spine

- bony

- bone china
- bone idle
- a bone of contention
- have a bone to pick with someone
- have a bone to pick with
- to the bone

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I 1. [bəʊn]

nome

1) (of human, animal) osso m.; (of fish) lisca f., spina f.

made of bone — d'osso

chicken on, off the bone — pollo con l'osso, disossato

to break every bone in one's body — spezzarsi tutte le ossa

2) (in corset) stecca f.

2.

nome plurale bones (animal skeleton) ossa f., scheletro m.sing.; (human remains) resti m. umani, scheletro m.sing.

••

bone of contention — oggetto del contendere o pomo della discordia

to be a bag of bones — essere pelle e ossa

close to the bone — (wounding) offensivo; (racy) sconcio

to cut sth. to the bone — ridurre qcs. all'osso

to feel sth. in one's bones — sentirsi qcs. nelle ossa

to have a bone to pick with sb. — avere una questione da sistemare con qcn.

to make no bones about sth. — non farsi scrupoli di qcs.

sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never harm me) — prov. raglio d'asino non sale al cielo

to work one's fingers to the bone — lavorare sodo, sgobbare

II [bəʊn]

verbo transitivo disossare [joint, chicken]; spinare, togliere le lische a [fish]

- bone up on