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The expression comes from an Emily Dickinson poem about a meeting with a snake. It's known as "The Snake," "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" and "Zero at the Bone". (Emily Dickinson rarely named her poems herself.) In context:
But never met this fellow,
Attended or alone,
Without a tighter breathing,
And zero at the bone
I was surprised at how many different books had chosen this expression as their title. I think what they have in common is the feeling that goes with suddenly encountering something or someone deadly frightening: one goes into shock.
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What is a yellow bone in slang?
light skin
What does dog and bone mean in British?
Dog and bone is cockney rhyming slang for phone (telephone)
Do you know what hair pie means I DO?
hair pie is the slang expression for cunilingus
What is the meaning of get his act together in idiomatic expression?
idiom is a type of slang. so to say that something has an idiomatic expression, means that it uses slang words. so "get his act together" is idiomatic as its using slang words (act) to represent meanings of other words, as act is referring to the way he presents himself or maybe his lifestyle choices.
What is the meaning of the slang shake a stick at?
The expression, "It's nothing to shake a stick at" means it is important.
Is a slang expression Zero at the Bone?
"Zero at the Bone" means ""cold" as in "It's zero at the bone in here." A more common slang phrase that is closely related is: "Cold to the Bone," which is used to describe one's feelings of being cold, as in, "I'm "cold to the bone" (I am so cold that my bones ache with the cold, the cold having penetrated my body progressively deeper and deeper, I am almost cold clear through). Another idiom that is used in similar situations as "Zero at the Bone" is: "You could hang meat in here." (A phrase which evokes a picture of a packing house with rows of hooks with animal carcasses hanging on them.) (If one wishes to be humerous, the phrase: "You could hang meat in here." is used in situations where such an image (of carcasses hanging) is most out of place: at a wedding (or worse, a funeral!) in a beautiful chapel, for instance.
What does Australian slang 'dog and bone' mean?
The "dog and bone" is rhyming slang for "phone". Practical application: "Will ya shuddup, I'm on the dog and bone."
What is a slang expression for hanging out?
Chilling.
What is a slang expression from the 1950's for 'not to worry'?
"Don't sweat it" was a slang expression in the 1950s that meant "not to worry."
What does the expression 'tube' mean?
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What expression has a value of either true or false?
In C, any non-zero expression is true and any zero expression is false.
What is a cockney slang for wife?
The Cockney rhyming slang expression for "wife" is "trouble and strife".
What is a yellow bone in slang?
light skin
What causes numerator of a expression to equal zero?
When the numerator of any expression or fraction is zero then the result is zero because zero divided by any number is always equal to zero.
What is the slang expression for nerve?
skin, balls,guts
What the expression go rogue means?
what is slang for rouge
What is a slang expression meaning basic or ordinary?
Normel
