close to (or near) the bone (or knuckle)
- close to (or near) the bone (or knuckle)
нa гpaни пpиличия, нe coвceм пpиcтoйный, двуcмыcлeнный, cкaбpёзный
Creasey, who is frankly unable to imagine which way the second programme may swerve, is intrigued. 'It's going out as live. We're playing it very close to the bone' (TV Times). What I like about 'er is that she gives you a good laugh. She goes pretty near the knuckle sometimes, but she never jumps over the fence (W. S. Maugham)
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