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He is a lazy-bones vs He is lazy-bones

Both phrases are not commonly used in English. The correct phrase is "He is a lazybones." The term lazybones is typically used as a noun to describe a lazy person.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 1889 views

He is a lazy-bones

This phrase is not correct in English. The correct term is "lazybones."

The term "lazybones" is used as a noun to describe a lazy person. It is not typically used with an article like "a" or in the plural form.

Show examples from the web [+]

You lazy bone, no manner.
Come on. Rise and shine, lazy bones.
Let's get up, you lazy bones.
How about "Lazy Bones" instead?
The world is full of swindlers and lazy-bones, who pursue after their mangy goals, but true love will always prevail.
Why are you just sitting around on your lazy bones?
Open way, you lazy bones pull the cart in the valley
[Grunts] Get up, lazy bones!
She's getting bone lazy, that girl.
Then she went to Gretel and shook her till she woke, and cried, Get up, little lazy bones, fetch some wat-
Bone lazy, just like on the farm... first to bed, last to wake up in the morning.
Until he is vámonos, he is everybody's problem.
He is doing what he is told.
He is prepping an indie that he is going to direct.
He is behaving this way because he is not mature yet.
He is dangerous, and he is planning something horrific.
He is completely unaware of how absolutely adorable he is.
He is a primary school teacher, so he is used to dealing with children.
He is active although he is very old.
He is becoming accustomed to the horrors he is witnessing.

Alternatives:

He is a lazybones.

He is lazy-bones

This phrase is not correct in English. The correct term is "lazybones."

The term "lazybones" is used as a noun to describe a lazy person. It is not typically used with an article like "a" or in the plural form.

Show examples from the web [+]

You lazy bone, no manner.
Come on. Rise and shine, lazy bones.
Let's get up, you lazy bones.
How about "Lazy Bones" instead?
The world is full of swindlers and lazy-bones, who pursue after their mangy goals, but true love will always prevail.
Why are you just sitting around on your lazy bones?
Open way, you lazy bones pull the cart in the valley
[Grunts] Get up, lazy bones!
She's getting bone lazy, that girl.
Then she went to Gretel and shook her till she woke, and cried, Get up, little lazy bones, fetch some wat-
Bone lazy, just like on the farm... first to bed, last to wake up in the morning.
Until he is vámonos, he is everybody's problem.
He is doing what he is told.
He is prepping an indie that he is going to direct.
He is behaving this way because he is not mature yet.
He is dangerous, and he is planning something horrific.
He is completely unaware of how absolutely adorable he is.
He is a primary school teacher, so he is used to dealing with children.
He is active although he is very old.
He is becoming accustomed to the horrors he is witnessing.

Alternatives:

He is a lazybones.

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