Idiom
funny bone
Meaning
The ulnar nerve in the elbow, which, when hit, causes a tingling sensation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I hit my funny bone on the table edge.”
“When I leaned on my elbow, I accidentally hit my funny bone and felt that weird tingling down to my fingers.”
“The child, giggling through tears of surprise, rubbed her funny bone after knocking it against the sharp corner of the piano bench.”
Examples
simple
“I hit my funny bone on the table edge.”
contextual
“When I leaned on my elbow, I accidentally hit my funny bone and felt that weird tingling down to my fingers.”
complex
“The child, giggling through tears of surprise, rubbed her funny bone after knocking it against the sharp corner of the piano bench.”
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