English in a Minute: Phrases with 'bone'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
Learn 4 phrases with 'bone' here. It's only a minute long, so you don't have to work your fingers to the bone.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:11.0 | Let's learn four phrases with bone. |
| 0:17.7 | If you have a bone to pick with someone, you want to tell them how they've made you unhappy. |
| 0:23.8 | Hey, I've got a bone to pick with you. I don't like the way you spoke to me. If you work your |
| 0:29.2 | fingers to the bone, it means that you're working very, very hard. I've been working my |
| 0:36.2 | fingers to the bone, but I finally finished writing my book. |
| 0:40.3 | If someone says something that is close to the bone, then it's something that makes you uncomfortable. |
| 0:47.4 | What you said about me was fair, but it was a bit close to the bone. |
| 0:52.0 | If you feel something in your bones, you know it's true even if you've got |
| 0:57.5 | no evidence. And you can use any possessive pronoun here. Today's going to be a great day. I can just |
| 1:04.2 | feel it in my bones. You're going to find these phrases useful. I can just feel it in my bones. |
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