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- It is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.
close to the bone
брит.; разг. на грани фола
скупой, скаредный; бедный, стеснённый в средствах
Examples from texts
Alyosha's finger had been badly bitten to the bone, close to the nail; it began to bleed.Палец был больно прокушен, у самого ногтя, глубоко, до кости; полилась кровь.Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья КарамазовыБратья КарамазовыДостоевский, Фёдор© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988The brothers KaramazovDostoevsky, Fyodor
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