to the bone

Meaning

1. Oxford56% of films

   affecting you very strongly

2. Editorial33% of films

   To work or wear yourself out by extreme effort until you are exhausted

   He is working himself to the bone.

3. Editorial11% of films

   Completely; through and through, of loyalty, kinship, or character

   No? Brothers to the bone, right, McMasters?

In the movies · 11

• It's your mofo butter laying me to the bone, jacking me up.Airplane!1980
• I got that kid working to the bone, but look, I'm...In the Heights2021
• He is working himself to the bone.Bohemian Rhapsody2018
• When stripped to the bone...Boogie Nights1997
• does that pheasant look stripped to the bone?Poor Things2023
• I work myself to the bone.National Theatre Live: Vanya2024
• No? Brothers to the bone, right, McMasters?Tombstone1993
• I'll whip you down to the bone, you...The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003

Learn it in full scenes

• Airplane!1980
  • The White Zone vs the Red Zone
  • Elaine Leaves Ted at the Airport
  • Ted Meets Elaine on the Plane

From the same entry

• a bone of contention
• close to the bone
• cut, pare, to the bone
• have a bone to pick with
• make no bones about
• not have a… bone in your body
• throw a bone
• a bag of bones
• the bare bones
• feel in your bones
• work your fingers to the bone
• put flesh on