| Engels | Afrikaans |
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| bone | ⇆ balein; ⇆ been‐; ⇆ been; ⇆ bene; ⇆ bot; ⇆ graat; ⇆ grate uithaal; ⇆ ontbeen; ⇆ skaai |
| a horse with plenty of bone | ⇆ ’n goed‐ontwikkelde perd |
| be a bag of bones | ⇆ net veel en been wees |
| be skin and bone | ⇆ net vel en bene wees |
| bone marrow | ⇆ beenmurg |
| bone of contention | ⇆ twisappel |
| bone scintigram | ⇆ beenflikkergram |
| bred in the bone | ⇆ ingebore; ⇆ oorerflik |
| carpal bones | ⇆ handhotnotjies |
| cranial bone | ⇆ skedelbeen |
| devil’s bones | ⇆ dobbelstene |
| dry as a bone | ⇆ kurkdroog |
| ethmoid bone | ⇆ sifbeen |
| feel in one’s bones | ⇆ aan ’n mens se broek voel; ⇆ doodseker wees |
| frontal bone | ⇆ voorhoofsbeen |
| have a bone to pick with | ⇆ ’n appeltjie te skil hê met |
| he will never make old bones | ⇆ hy sal nie oud word nie |
| hyoid bone | ⇆ gaapbeen; ⇆ tongbeen |
| iliac bone | ⇆ dermbeen |
| innominate bone | ⇆ heupbeen |
| in the marrow of ones bones | ⇆ in hart en niere |
| navicular bone | ⇆ skuitjiebeen |
| pelvic bone | ⇆ bekkenbeen |
| pubic bone | ⇆ skaambeen |
| radial bone | ⇆ spaakbeen |
| rag‐and‐bone man | ⇆ voddekoper |
| sacral bone | ⇆ kruisbeen |
| spade bone | ⇆ bladbeen |
| temporal bone | ⇆ slaapbeen |
| to the bone | ⇆ deur en deur; ⇆ in murg en been; ⇆ tot op die been |
| what is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh | ⇆ ’n jakkals verloor wel sy hare maar nie sy streke nie |
| words break no bones | ⇆ woorde maak nie seer nie |
| bone‐dry | ⇆ horingdroog; ⇆ kurkdroog |
| bonehead | ⇆ domkop |
| boneless | ⇆ pap; ⇆ sonder bene |
| bone‐spavin | ⇆ beengewas; ⇆ spat; ⇆ splint in die been |
| bony | ⇆ beenagtig; ⇆ benerig; ⇆ benig; ⇆ langbeen‐; ⇆ maer; ⇆ vol grate |
| breastbone | ⇆ borsbeen |
| brooch‐bone | ⇆ kuitbeen |
| cheekbone | ⇆ jukbeen |
| chest‐bone | ⇆ borsbeen |
| coffin‐bone | ⇆ hoefbeen |
| collar‐bone | ⇆ sleutelbeen |
| cross‐bones | ⇆ gekruiste dybene |
| edge‐bone | ⇆ sterstuk |
| finger‐bone | ⇆ vingerbeentjie |
| fish‐bone | ⇆ graat; ⇆ visgraat |
| funny‐bone | ⇆ einabeentjie; ⇆ elmboogbeentjie; ⇆ kieliebeentjie; ⇆ swernootjie; ⇆ tinteltonnetjie; ⇆ verneukbeentjie |
| haunch‐bone | ⇆ heupbeen |
| heel‐bone | ⇆ skeenbeen |
| herringbone | ⇆ haringgraat |
| hip‐bone | ⇆ heupbeen |
| hucklebone | ⇆ heupbeen |
| jawbone | ⇆ kakebeen |
| key‐bone | ⇆ sleutelbeen |
| knee‐bone | ⇆ knieskyf |
| knucklebone | ⇆ dolos; ⇆ hotnotjie; ⇆ kneukel |
| large‐boned | ⇆ benig; ⇆ grof |
| lazy‐bones | ⇆ dagdief; ⇆ dooierd; ⇆ lamsak; ⇆ luiaard; ⇆ luilak; ⇆ luisak |
| marrowbone | ⇆ murgbeen |
| neck‐bone | ⇆ nekbeen |
| raw‐boned | ⇆ brandmaer |
| ring‐bone | ⇆ ringbeen |
| sawbones | ⇆ snydokter |
| shank‐bone | ⇆ pypbeen |
| shin‐bone | ⇆ skeenbeen |
| splint‐bone | ⇆ kuitbeen |
| stiffle‐bone | ⇆ kniegewrigsbeen |
| tail‐bone | ⇆ stuitjie |
| thigh‐bone | ⇆ dybeen |
| tongue‐bone | ⇆ tongbeen |
| wishbone | ⇆ geluksbeentjie; ⇆ vurkbeentjie |
| yoke‐bone | ⇆ jukbeen |