When Someone Is Bone Idle?

adjective. very idle; extremely lazy.

What does bone idle mean in the UK?

UK. extremely lazy: He never does any exercise - he's bone idle.

Where does the meaning bone idle come from?

Etymology. A similar expression dates to the year 1830 in The Vocabulary Of East Anglia by Robert Forby. It reads “bone-lazy, bone-sore, bone-tired, adj. so lazy, sore, or tired, that the laziness, the soreness, or the fatigue, seem to have penetrated the very bones.”