The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat proverb
The final partof something is the most exciting.
As the performance got closer to the end, every spectator watched it with rapt attention. They probably thought that the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat.
Most of her novels have been written in the same motif, the near the bone, the sweeter the meat.
The end of this film didn't fail me. It is true that the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat.
1. To be cooked for precisely the ideal number of the time.
2. Defeated.
This proverb was first recorded in early 14th century.
If someone cuts a sorry figure, he or she creates an unfavourable impression to others or causes others to regard him or her unfavourably.
Lisa cut a sorry figure at the job interview