bone idle
Frequency: 4.01.5 per million words
used to emphasize that someone is extremely lazy
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Examples (10)
- She never lifts a finger to help. She's bone idle.
- My brother is bone idle and never helps with chores.
- He's been bone idle all day, just watching TV.
- Despite having deadlines, he remained bone idle.
- You can't expect success if you're bone idle.
- The new employee turned out to be bone idle.
- Being bone idle won't get you anywhere in life.
- I'm worried he's becoming bone idle since he lost his job.
- The manager criticized him for being bone idle.
- She was often accused of being bone idle.