soaking wet

soaking wet

Completely drenched. Mom's soaking wet because she got caught in that storm while she was out taking a walk. I accidentally left my car windows open, and now my seats are soaking wet.
See also: soak, wet
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • appear to
  • a change of heart
  • a mystery to (one)
  • a turn of phrase
  • able to do
  • able to do it
  • a shoulder to cry on
  • a piece of the action
  • a piece/slice of the action
  • bit of the action
References in periodicals archive
Detective Constable Kath Cassidy of GMP's City of Manchester division, added: "I appreciate this happened early morning and it would have been dark but, from the wet footprints we've been able to identify at the scene, we know the man was soaking wet and would have raised people's suspicions.
"Other than being soaking wet you wouldn't know she'd had an adventure," said Jeanette.
There's a clue to him being the culprit in that he's soaking wet having got out of the river by this stage."
RSPCA inspector Mike Pugh said: "The caller found the box soaking wet and there were no provisions for the dog inside, so it has been suspected the box may have been thrown out from a vehicle.
is to are This leak is outside an infant's school and parents are getting soaking wet with children.
Furious mums and dads complained to Landau Forte Academy, in Tamworth, after their children came home in soaking wet uniforms.
But just be aware that if your hair is very fine, the wet look will make hair look thinner and can reveal the scalp." For a more subtle shine, Aaron recommends "blow-drying hair with TRESemme Beauty-Full Volume Mousse, so the hair doesn't look soaking wet but has natural movement and hold".
RSPA Inspector Liz Wheeler said: "He was very thin and had lost the fur on his back legs, which were soaking wet.
The game was played in great spirit and this was appreciated by the soaking wet parents and spectators.
I made one big mistake, however: When I laid the squash in the bins and put the lids on in fall, it was apparently humid that day, and when the house cooled and the air dried in winter, the water vapor condensed inside the bins, leaving the squash soaking wet and sitting in a half-inch of water.
The 38-year-old singer continued saying that the security grabbed the woman and took her to the guard house, but when he went to see her out of concern, he realised that the woman was soaking wet on a cold day.
One family noticed that I was still soaking wet and offered me a blanket while they dried my clothes and boots.
About 5.30am, a man on his way to work flagged me down and told me that there was a man, soaking wet, and walking up and down Bronte Crescent carrying a large cardboard box on his shoulder.
Inevitably it poured with rain, and I shall never forget the sight of two hundred guests dressed in their best - swords and medals included--attempting to eat soaking wet food with their feet in mud.
A boy seemingly half the size of my first singles player and looking as though he weighed a hundred pounds soaking wet, he was bending low and pounding kills with greater velocity and accuracy than I had ever seen from my best player, or any other teenager for many years.