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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is idioms 265. The idiom today is no bones

  • about it. Okay, Let's take a look at the the note. If someone has no bones about something,

  • it refers to the idea that one has no doubt about something. So really it can be

  • used two ways. One it could be used that you know, you're certain you have no

  • doubt about it. Or that someone is not at all against

  • something. So if you have no bones about it, you're not complaining about it. That

  • means you're okay with it. You will go for it. You have no bones about it.

  • All right. Let's, let's continue here. Let's look at the origin. The origin of

  • this phrase is believed to have appeared around the 15th century in regard to a

  • diner. You know, somebody who's eating at a restaurant. A diner being unhappy about

  • finding bones in his soup. Bones therefore meant bad or unhappy about

  • something. Basically dissatisfied. No bones in turn

  • you know , the opposite way in turn means good. Or not having any objection to.

  • So you weren't against it. So this is how it came about. All right. And we have

  • three examples here to try to cover this. Let's look at number one. This is a

  • common way we might hear it. There are no bones about it. So this one means like

  • no doubt about it. That you're certain about something. There are no bones about

  • it. He is the best there ever was. Maybe they're talking about, I don't know maybe

  • a ballplayer or a movie star. They're saying that he's the best. So there's no

  • bones about it. No doubt about it. You're certain about it. Okay. Let's look at number

  • two. I think he is satisfied. I think he's happy. He didn't make any bones

  • about it. So remember you know, if you make bones about something that means

  • you're unhappy. So if you don't make bones than you're okay. So I think he's

  • satisfied. He didn't make any bones about it. So he didn't complain about it like

  • he was against it, so he must be okay with it. He must at least be

  • satisfied with it. Okay. And number three here. She makes no bones about it. Meaning

  • in this sense it means like she does it. She doesn't try to hide it.

  • She, she doesn't leave any doubt about it. So there's no doubt about it. So she's

  • really obvious about this. This is another way we could use it. She makes no

  • bones about it. she clearly or obviously expresses her

  • dislike for that politician. So she doesn't leave any mystery. She doesn't

  • leave any doubt. She doesn't make any bones about it. She definitely expresses

  • herself and lets people know exactly how she feels, at least about that politician

  • anyway. Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope its clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-

  • bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is idioms 265. The idiom today is no bones

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