English

Alternative forms

• bone idle

Adjective

bone-idle ‎(not comparable)

1. (Britain, idiomatic) utterly lazy
   • 1836, Thomas Carlyle, New Letters:

     For the last three weeks I have been going what you call bone-idle.

Translations

See also

• dead tired

References

1. ↑ “Bone idle”, The Phrase Finder, Gary Martin.