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close to the bone
vs
poor as Job's turkey
close to the bone
adj
Destitute.
Penetrating and relatable, to the point of causing discomfort.
poor as Job's turkey
adj
Synonym of poor as Job
How often have the words
close to the bone
and
poor as Job's turkey
occurred in a corpus of books?
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Google Ngram Viewer
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