Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “cut/pare to the bone“ and it is a phrase meaning “reduce something to the very minimum possible”.
Example Sentence: Tony Travers, professor of local government at the London School of Economics, says that without a bailout (financial assistance by the government), transport services in London would have to be cut to the bone. The government would risk being blamed for letting the tube (London’s underground rail network) grind to halt and for thousands of workers being sacked.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on Johnson’s government: a threat to the democratic system and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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