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Warrener Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

bone-dry, bone-handled, bone-***

I came across a lot of phases like "bone-xxx"
For example, a "bone-handled" knife; The air is "bone-dry"

What do they mean?
  

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bone-handled just means the handle is made from a bone. bone-dry means very dry. It is a metaphor, based on the idea of finding a dried old skeleton in the desert.

— Jrdavis

  • bone-handled just means the handle is made from a bone.
  • bone-dry means very dry.
  • It is a metaphor, based on the idea of finding a dried old skeleton in the desert.
  • Also "bone-headed" means stupid.
  • I think the idea is that the head of a bone-headed person contains bones only, no brains
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bone-handled just means the handle is made from a bone.
bone-dry means very dry. It is a metaphor, based on the idea of finding a dried old skeleton in the desert.

Also "bone-headed" means stupid. I think the idea is that the head of a bone-headed person contains bones only, no brains
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