cut to the bone उदाहरण वाक्य

Branagh cut to the bone, but made a steely political Archbishop well conscious of what he was doing, in his editorial to the courtiers.
Retailers : With margins cut to the bone, big retailers like CompUSA are going to have to make money on peripherals, service and warranties.
With prices for its computers cut to the bone, Apple likely can't do much more about improving earnings until it gets costs in line.
But we have been cut to the bone as far as the budget is concerned and we have to look at every area of savings.
Pompeii's staff is already cut to the bone when it comes to guarding the sprawling complex of houses excavated from Vesuvius'destruction 1, 900 years ago.

"People are looking for ideas to deal with an absolute crisis, but in state agencies, we're beyond being cut to the bone in some cases,"
"A solution would have to be draconian, one wonders how viability could be possibly achieved unless you really cut to the bone . " ( rw)
Several nurses who found work in hospitals said they left because they feared that patient care was being compromised by nursing staffs cut to the bone.
To the contrary : The company and the investment firms'experts said on the witness stand that National Gypsum's expenses had already been cut to the bone.
Doctors put a metal plate in her broken right arm and operated for three hours on her left knee, which was cut to the bone, she said.