Talk:bad to the bone

RFD discussion: August–October 2018

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bad to the bone

bad + to the bone? Per utramque cavernam 12:08, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

• Delete, pretty SoP if you ask me. --Robbie SWE (talk) 18:36, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
• Delete. Fay Freak (talk) 18:47, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
• Sum of parts. Delete. ---> Tooironic (talk) 00:29, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
• Redirect to to the bone Purplebackpack89 20:22, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
• Redirect or maybe even keep. (to the bone * 0.1),* to the bone,bad to the bone at the Google Books Ngram Viewer. is where I looked. The part "* to the bone" makes GNV show particular collocations, most of which seem to use the literal meaning of "to the bone". If "bad to the bone" is one of the more common uses of "to the bone", it would be better to have it at least as a redirect; what are other other uses of this sense of "to the bone"? In any case, we don't say this in Czech (*špatný až na kost), but we say "promrzlý až na kost" (chilled to the bone). Admission: "to the bone" is in MW, while "bad to the bone" is not. On the other hand, chilled to the bone is in Farlex Dictionary of Idioms[1], McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs[2], and Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary[3]; M-W has "chilled to the bone/marrow"[4]. You might ask what "chilled to the bone" has to do with anything, and my point would be that "chilled to the bone" could also be SOP-deleted by reference to "to the bone", but other lexicographers do not deem it a good idea, and nor do I. The entry might also prove to be a worthy translation hub, but that card cannot be played yet since there is only one translation. The question still remains: how does "to the bone" actually collocate? It is entered to mean completely, and while actions can be "completely unreasonable", they do not appear to be google:"unreasonable to the bone". Chances are "to the bone", in the idiomatic sense, collocates with only few select adjectives and verbs. --Dan Polansky (talk) 12:50, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
• Redirected. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 03:40, 1 October 2018 (UTC)