To the bone
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is f ě NSH ē nhu ī g ǔ, which means that the body is crushed to death. It refers to the loss of life for a certain purpose or danger. It is the same as "smashing the body to pieces". It's from Youxian cave.
The origin of Idioms
Zhang Zhuo of the Tang Dynasty wrote in "Youxian cave" that "the jade food is very rare. It's very thick and can't be rewarded."
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, attribute, adverbial and object.
To the bone
when good luck come , one has good ideas - fú zhì xīn líng
a little bit more capable than others - yī rì zhī zhǎng
Pines and cypresses in the cold - suì hán zhī sōng bǎi
take bribes in order to turn a verdict in sb . 's favour - xùn sī wǎng fǎ