in the gristle

Meaning

Not yet hardened into bone or strengthened into sinew.

Young, weak, and unformed.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I believe that one can never leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and the dragons of home under one's skin, at the extreme corners of one's eyes and possibly in the gristle of the earlobe. Maya Angelou

Words in the phrase

in the gristle

Close letter words and terms

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