A little meat on the bone is no good (3,4,4)
I believe the answer is:
not much chop
'the bone is no good' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'a little meat' is the wordplay.
'a little' becomes 'notmuch' (I've seen this before).
'meat' becomes 'chop' (chop is a kind of meat).
'notmuch'+'chop'='NOT MUCH CHOP'
'on' is the link.
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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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