To peel the onion / peel like an onion Home The Lexicon To peel the onion / peel like an onion Thumbnail Phrase or WordTo peel the onion / peel like an onionDefinitionTo examine layers gradually to reach the core.LanguageEnglishTypeFloramorphSubcategoryVegetables, Grains, Legumes, Tubers, and Other EdiblesGrammatical SubcategorySayings/Similes/Aphorisms/Proverbs Previous itemTo not be worth a hill of beans; To not be worth beans Next itemTo pop jelly beans into your pie hole
