bare bones

I’ve enjoyed stripping the songs back down to the bare bones and enjoyed that they’re still sturdy enough to withstand that kind of stripping away.

If you have already cut your budget to the bare bones, it may be time for another tactic: negotiation.

"Frankly speaking, I think it's 'bare bones'- a bill without substance", he says.

Hoping for a positive result for Newcastle at SJP, but my word, we are down to bare bones.

"I imagine we can get going within the next month or so with a bare bones team and set of machinery and tools," he said.