bone in one's body
English
Noun
bone in one's body
- The slightest shred of some personal characteristic (specified with a preceding adjective).
- 2006, Robert C. Solomon, Living with Nietzsche (page 95)
- One might think, reading through his works, that the man did not have a sympathetic bone in his body.
- 2012, Peter Devine, True to the Code: Stories of the American Character
- The dwelling would have easily had rooms to spare for a couple of weary travelers, but the caretaker was an exceedingly cautious man without a compassionate bone in his body.
- 2006, Robert C. Solomon, Living with Nietzsche (page 95)
Related terms
- with every bone in one's body