Syn: do-nothing(prenominal), faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, shiftless, slothful, workshy, work-shy. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
bone idle — UK US adjective british informal very lazy Thesaurus: lazy or slow to actsynonym * * * ˌbone ˈidle f10 adjective ( … Useful english dictionary
bone idle — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely idle. ORIGIN expressing idle through to the bone … English terms dictionary
bone idle — adj BrE extremely lazy ▪ He s just bone idle … Dictionary of contemporary English
bone idle — mod. very lazy; completely idle or unproductive. □ Your problem is that you are bone idle. □ Take your bone idle brother and move out! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bone-idle — adjective utterly lazy For the last three weeks I have been going what you call bone idle … Wiktionary
bone idle — adjective extremely lazy: He s not stupid, just bone idle … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bone-idle — adjective constitutionally lazy or idle • Syn: ↑bone lazy • Similar to: ↑idle • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism * * * bone iˈdle adjective Utterly idle, idle to the bone • • • … Useful english dictionary
bone idle — adjective extremely idle. Origin C19: expressing idle through to the bone … English new terms dictionary
bone idle — adj. bone lazy, lazy or idle from a constitutional standpoint (Informal) … English contemporary dictionary
bone-idle — /boʊn ˈaɪdl/ (say bohn uydl) adjective extremely lazy. Also, bone lazy …
