doesn't have a (certain kind of) bone in (one's) body
doesn't have a (certain kind of) bone in (one's) body
Does not display the trait stated between "a" and "bone." (This phrase does not refer to an actual bone in the human skeleton.) I highly doubt that Jeannie started that vicious rumor about you—she doesn't have a mean bone in her body.
See also: body, bone, have, kind
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- unkind
- have a bone on
- bone out
- be as dry as a bone
- crazy bone
- dry as a bone
- (as) dry as a bone
- be bone dry
- bone dry
- be bone idle