Train services have been cut to the bone.
He has to cut, clip, and curtail his monthly spending; he has had his budget cut to the bone.
When father lost his job, our living expenses had to be cut to the bone.
A huge butcher block was used to trim fat from the federal budget, which was sometimes cut to the bone.
The competition between supermarkets was such that many products were cut to the bone, leaving practically no porofit-margin.
That's an expensive piece of equipment, dude. And the rest of us have had our budgets cut to the bone.
The blade would bite into him with a sort of burning coldness, and even the fingers that held it would be cut to the bone.
