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Anonymous  #427911  Sat, 06 Oct 07 03:43 PM

I read this phrase in an article:

She doesn't appear to have a bad bone in her body...

What does it mean?
  
Clive  #427917  Sat, 06 Oct 07 04:10 PM

Hi,

It's just a highly idiomatic way of saying that she is a good person (ie no part of her is bad).

Clive
  
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Yankee  #427926  Sat, 06 Oct 07 04:23 PM

You can find this idom listed in some dictionaries.  Click here.
The word 'bad' can be replaced by other adjectives. For example:

She doesn't have a mean bone in her body.
  
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