home and dry

be home and dry

To have successfully completed something, as a project or activity. Primarily heard in UK. I just need one more source for this essay and then I'll be home and dry.
See also: and, dry, home

home and dry

Assuredly successful. Primarily heard in UK. I'm pretty sure I did well on that last exam, so it looks like I'm home and dry for the semester.
See also: and, dry, home
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

home and dry

mainly BRITISH
COMMON If you are home and dry, you have achieved victory or success, or are certain that you will achieve it. She's nine seconds up on anyone else — she has to be home and dry. There are still three weeks to election day and the Labour candidate is not yet home and dry. Note: You can also say that someone is home and hosed. His team looks home and hosed for the next round after winning 5-0 against the Czech side. Note: These expressions may refer to a long-distance runner who wins comfortably and has already washed by the time the others reach the finishing line.
See also: and, dry, home
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

home and dry

successful in achieving your objective. chiefly British
A fuller version of this phrase, which dates from the mid 20th century, is home and dry on the pig's back .
See also: and, dry, home
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

home and ˈdry

(British English) (American English home ˈfree) in a safe or good position because you have successfully completed or won something: When we’ve won four out of six games, we’ll know that we’re home and dry. All they have to do is sign the contract and then we’ll be home free.
See also: and, dry, home
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • be home and dry
  • be home and hosed
  • home and hosed
  • it's/that's a wrap
  • that's a wrap
  • have done
  • have done with
  • have done with (someone or something)
  • bring to fruition
  • fruition
References in periodicals archive
Once you have followed these steps in your basement or crawl space, then you should move to the main level of your home and dry it out as well.
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As the New Order-ish lead single, "Home and Dry," demonstrates, there is ample space for the Boys to inhabit between the dance floor and the mosh pit (or the coffeehouse, for that matter).
"Love Is a Catastrophe" explores the swirling atmospherics of late-'80s Cure and serves as an interesting contrast to the crispness of "Home and Dry," but in its self-pity the song Just ...
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