dry-as-dust

(as) dry as dust

1. Very dry. I followed the recipe exactly, and yet my cake is as dry as dust. I need to take out my contact lenses now because my eyes are just dry as dust.

2. Lacking any interesting or engaging elements; very boring. That lecture on polynomials almost put me to sleep—it was just dry as dust.

dry-as-dust

mod. dull; lifeless. I can’t take another one of his dry-as-dust lectures.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

(as) dry as dust
dry as dust
dry (one's) eyes
high and dry
dry up
Dry up!
bone dry
be as dry as a bone
(as) dry as a bone
dry as a bone

词组	dry-as-dust
释义	dry-as-dust (as) dry as dust 1. Very dry. I followed the recipe exactly, and yet my cake is as dry as dust. I need to take out my contact lenses now because my eyes are just dry as dust. 2. Lacking any interesting or engaging elements; very boring. That lecture on polynomials almost put me to sleep—it was just dry as dust. See also: dry, dust Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. dry-as-dust mod. dull; lifeless. I can’t take another one of his dry-as-dust lectures. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: (as) dry as dust dry as dust dry (one's) eyes high and dry dry up Dry up! bone dry be as dry as a bone (as) dry as a bone dry as a bone
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