damp off
damp off
To die after overexposure to water. Typically used in reference to plants and seeds. I'm worried that days of torrential rain will cause the flowers I just planted to damp off.
See also: damp, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
damp off
[for seedlings] to die from too much water. All the new plants damped off, and we had to buy some from the nursery. The little seedlings damped off and withered away.
See also: damp, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- burgeon out
- a (real) frog-strangler
- strangler
- a (real) frog-choker
- choker
- a (real) toad-strangler
- a (real) toad-choker
- galvanize
- galvanize (one) into action
- galvanize into action