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| if ever there was one (used for emphasizing that someone or something is definitely what you say they are Now there's a challenge, if ever there was one. He realized that if ever there was a time for action, this was it. MED. A heart-breaker if ever there was one; guaranteed to 'make your day'… | A modern-day Nantucket Von Trapp family if ever there was one. | ... the two children both deserve enormous quantities of credit – not least Mackenzie Foy as Murphy: an actress to watch if ever there was one. Alexander Demidov); born and bred; to the backbone; to the quick; down-the-line; to the very roots of one's being; to the marrow of one's bones; to fingertips (Anglophile); to the core (Anglophile); through and through (Anglophile); the very roots of one's being; one's finger-tips (Anglophile); one's fingertips (Aly19); out-and-out (scherfas); thoroughgoing (VLZ_58) | |||
| yellow-dog (Andrey Truhachev) | |||
| dyed-in-the-wool (hizman) | |||
| nuts-and-bolts (Viacheslav Volkov) | |||
| in one's DNA (Ася Кудрявцева); every inch (в положительном смысле 4uzhoj); crusted (Andrey Truhachev); engrained (Andrey Truhachev); die-hard (Andrey Truhachev); incarnate (Andrey Truhachev); ingrained (Andrey Truhachev); confirmed (Andrey Truhachev); every bit (Abysslooker) | |||
| to the skin (продрогнуть, промокнуть) | |||
| thoroughly (кто, какой – comment by ART Vancouver: совершенно верно, это самый точный вариант:: "The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle" has been called a “thoroughly English” book. (Wikipedia)); to the skin (продрогнуть, промокнуть); the marrow of one's bones (кто, какой) | |||
| to the bone; balls to bones (trismegist) | |||
| до мозга костей: 54 phrases in 11 subjects |
| Agriculture | 1 |
| Anatomy | 2 |
| Economy | 1 |
| Education | 2 |
| Figurative | 1 |
| General | 26 |
| Idiomatic | 1 |
| Informal | 1 |
| Makarov | 14 |
| Politics | 4 |
| Sports | 1 |