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Jhumjhum Posted 18 years ago
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make no bone

0What is the meaning of this sentence ?Specially the coloured part.02br
01b00 He 01font00makes no bone02font00 about it 02b0-
  

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01u00Makes no bone about something02u00 means say something 01i00what's on your mind/what you feel02i00 very clearly, even if it may hurt or offend someone.02br
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0 "makes no bone01font01b00s02b02font00 about it" is the only version I know. (is not ashamed about it; is not shy about saying it)02br
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0Hi CJ,02br
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00Thank you for this note!...:-). In fact, I heard this idiom in one teenager movie where some dude said: " He 01u00makes no bones about02u00 his sexual orientation"...In the other words, he doesn't have a problem to say very clearly what his sexual orientation is, even if it may hurt him...(01u00that was exactly the situatio
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00Here is an interesting link about the origin of this phrase.02p

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0 Dear "La Donna e Mobile",02br
00Your link isn't working! Whoops! It says, "The page you are looking for isn't here". 05002br
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0Here is the link from D,02br
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00....btw it's really interesting...0230hrefhttp://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bon1.htm
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0 Got it! Thanks.02br
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0 Thanks, JC. I suppose I cut something off somehow in the hyperlink. 0-
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