a skeleton crew/staff/service

skeleton crew

The bare minimum amount of employees necessary to keep an office, business, service, etc., running at a basic level. We can't have a restaurant that is completely closed during the slow season, so we keep a skeleton crew on board to serve the few customers who decide to come in. The rigs will have a skeleton crew keeping them running until the company finishes handing over its business to the new owners.

a skeleton ˈcrew/ˈstaff/ˈservice

the minimum number of staff necessary to run an organization or service: At weekends we have a skeleton staff to deal with emergencies.

See also: crew, service, skeleton, staff

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

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skeleton crew
Ba
hang a BA
hang a BA (at someone)
hang a BA at someone
hand-to-mouth
(from) hand to mouth
hand to mouth
hand to mouth, from
reassign to

词组	a skeleton crew/staff/service
释义	a skeleton crew/staff/service skeleton crew The bare minimum amount of employees necessary to keep an office, business, service, etc., running at a basic level. We can't have a restaurant that is completely closed during the slow season, so we keep a skeleton crew on board to serve the few customers who decide to come in. The rigs will have a skeleton crew keeping them running until the company finishes handing over its business to the new owners. See also: crew, skeleton Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. a skeleton ˈcrew/ˈstaff/ˈservice the minimum number of staff necessary to run an organization or service: At weekends we have a skeleton staff to deal with emergencies. See also: crew, service, skeleton, staff Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: skeleton crew Ba hang a BA hang a BA (at someone) hang a BA at someone hand-to-mouth (from) hand to mouth hand to mouth hand to mouth, from reassign to
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