bone idle
adjective/ˌbəʊn ˈaɪdl/
/ˌbəʊn ˈaɪdl/
(old-fashioned, British English, informal)- very lazy
- She never lifts a finger to help. She's bone idle.
Word Originearly 19th cent.: expressing idle through to the bone.Definitions on the go
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