Crossword Genius

One put in offer - the Parisian, extremely lazy

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bone idle

'extremely lazy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'one put in offer the parisian' is the wordplay.
'put in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'offer' becomes 'bid' ('bid' can be a synonym of 'offer').
'the parisian' becomes 'le' (definite article in French).
'one' put inside 'bid' is 'boneid'.
'boneid'+'le'='BONE-IDLE'

(Other definitions for bone idle that I've seen before include "Altogether lazy, in an ossified way" , "Very lazy, may be ossified?" , "Very lazy, from the marrow out" , "Extremely lazy" , "Not lifting a finger" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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