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Let's learn four phrases with bone.
If you have a bone to pick with someone, you want to tell them how they've made you unhappy.
Hey, I've got a bone to pick with you.
I don't like the way you spoke to me.
If you work your fingers to the bone, it means that you're working very, very hard.
I've been working my fingers to the bone, but I've finally finished writing my book.
If someone says something that is close to the bone,
then it's something that makes you uncomfortable.
What you said about me was fair, but it was a bit close to the bone.
If you feel something in your bones, you know it's true, even if you've got no evidence.
And you can use any possessive pronoun here.
Today is going to be a great day.
I can just feel it in my bones.
You're going to find these phrases useful.
I can just feel it in my bones.