单词 | in one's bone |
释义 | > as lemmasin one's bone(s) (b) in one's bone(s): in the innermost part of a person's being; at the core; frequently with the implication that a characteristic, trait, or ability constitutes an innate or integral part of a person's nature. Also in the bone. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xii. A She that behaueth herself vnhonestly, is a corrupcion in his bones [Ger. ynn seynem gebeyne]. 1620 C. Fitz-Geffry Deaths Serm. 11 The Wormes take possession of vs, almost as soone as we doe of life... Thus haue we Death alreadie in vs and on vs... We haue it in our bones, we carrie the hansell of it in our bowels. 1819 J. B. White Triumph of Liberty i. ii. 8 Their badness is in their bones—They never will be good, not while the sun shines. 1866 Spectator 15 Dec. 1400/2 A consummate coquette, with inconstancy in her very bones. 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song i. 50 You felt fine and tingly and above all the rest of the queans who weren't learning Latin or anything else, they were kitchen-maids in the bone. 1983 C. C. Gillispie Montgolfier Brothers & Invention Aviation v. 138/2 Of Joseph's command of chemistry, Matthieu Duret observed that he had the science in his bones and not from books. 2005 in B. Wright Jewish Renewal in Amer. 88 She didn't think about it very much, it was just in her bones. The Jewish calendar was what organized her life. < as lemmas |
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