throw a bone

throw (one) a bone

To attempt to appease or placate someone by giving them something trivial or of minor importance or by doing some small favor for them. (A reference to giving a dog a bone or scrap from a bigger portion of food.) My younger brother is always pleading for me to help out his career, so I threw him a bone and got him a small gig.

throw (someone) a bone

To provide (someone) with a usually small part of what has been requested, especially in an attempt to placate or mollify.

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释义	throw a bone throw (one) a bone To attempt to appease or placate someone by giving them something trivial or of minor importance or by doing some small favor for them. (A reference to giving a dog a bone or scrap from a bigger portion of food.) My younger brother is always pleading for me to help out his career, so I threw him a bone and got him a small gig. See also: bone, throw Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. throw (someone) a bone To provide (someone) with a usually small part of what has been requested, especially in an attempt to placate or mollify. See also: bone, throw American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also: Throw me a bone! throw somebody a bone toss (someone) a bone throw (one) a bone throw a bone to (someone) toss a bone to (someone) crying over spilled milk, it's no good/use make (something) out of nothing make out of nothing smooth (one's) ruffled feathers
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