to the bone

[to the bone] {adv.}, {slang}, {informal} Thoroughly, entirely, to the core, through all layers.

* /I am dreadfully tired; I've worked my fingers to the bone./

See: ALSO WORK ONE'S FINGERS TO THE BONE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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