make bones about

bag of bones

A skinny, malnourished person or animal.

cannot make it

Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.

chew the meat and spit out the bones

To take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicable.

doctors make the worst patients

It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.

enough to make a cat laugh

Very outlandish or outrageous.

enough to make the angels weep

Something so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.

find no bones in

To experience no hindrances or obstacles; to do something without hesitation.

fine feathers make fine birds

Something that appears beautiful or good is by definition beautiful or good.