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throw the bone

phrase. what one says to an individual who is attracting shitty folks to your vicinity. you want them to wave "the bone" (which has his/her attention) in the shitty person's face to tease him/her, then throw it so the shitty person will chase it like a retarded canine. i.e. billy is with franky and "shitty" saw franky and came up to talk. shitty is quickly wearing out his/her welcome and you urge franky to rid your area of this obcene creature by "throwing the bone" thereby ejecting the undesireable from the situation.
Everytime we're at Denny's with Max, we hav eto ask him to throw the bone so fuckwads will stop standing at our table talking.

throw me a bone 

"give me a break"/ "give me a hint", Give me a chance. Comes from English lexicon refering to a hungry dog wanting help.
From popular series:

Phoebe
- This is probable just a crush.

Joey
- You think?

Phoebe
- Absolutely!

Joey
- Yeah.. It's a crush! I'm Joey. I don't get deep feelings.

Phoebe
- There you go... Yea, crushes happen all the time. I know. I had them for all you guys. Except for Ross and Chandler. And I'm sure you've had them for us.

Joey
- Not really.

Phoebe
- (in a quiet voice) ... throw me a bone here.
throw me a bone by enPupile September 13, 2013

throw someone a bone

Give somebody some thing that not important.
Example of throw someone a bone:
I just threw Jack a bone but he is very happy now.

Throw me a bone 

When you are so desperate in life and need a bone to bail you out.
Trevor J lost so much money gambling and texted his bookie “throw me a bone”. His bookie felt bad and threw him a bone giving him free play allowing him to have an opportunity to win his money back.

Throw me the bone 

Jared, you've been jerking off for the past hour, just throw me the bone already!
Throw me the bone by Jerry1224 January 23, 2017

throw that dog a bone 

When a man is being berated by his significant other and taking it like a champ, then his significant other realizes she is being ridiculous. So, she apologizes with sex.
"You need to quit being so harsh on Tony; throw that dog a bone!"
throw that dog a bone by Breezy_ December 17, 2013