dry

bleed someone dry: seebleed.

come up dry be unsuccessful. North American

1988James TrefilThe Dark Side of the Universe Attempts to see this decay with extremely sensitive experiments have so far come up dry.

dry as a bone:

1 extremely dry.

2 extremely thirsty.

dry as dust

1 extremely dry.

2 extremely dull.

☞ Sense 2 is represented in the fictitious character of the antiquarian Dr Jonas Dryasdust, to whom Sir Walter Scott addressed the prefatory epistle of Ivanhoe and some other novels.

hang someone out to dry: seehang.

high and dry: seehigh.

home and dry: seehome.

keep your powder dry: seepowder.

run dry (especially of a source of money or information) be completely used up.

suck someone dry: seesuck.

there wasn't a dry eye in the house everyone in the audience of a film, play, speech, etc. was moved to tears.

词组	dry
释义	dry bleed someone dry: seebleed. come up dry be unsuccessful. North American 1988James TrefilThe Dark Side of the Universe Attempts to see this decay with extremely sensitive experiments have so far come up dry. dry as a bone: 1 extremely dry. 2 extremely thirsty. dry as dust 1 extremely dry. 2 extremely dull. ☞ Sense 2 is represented in the fictitious character of the antiquarian Dr Jonas Dryasdust, to whom Sir Walter Scott addressed the prefatory epistle of Ivanhoe and some other novels. hang someone out to dry: seehang. high and dry: seehigh. home and dry: seehome. keep your powder dry: seepowder. run dry (especially of a source of money or information) be completely used up. suck someone dry: seesuck. there wasn't a dry eye in the house everyone in the audience of a film, play, speech, etc. was moved to tears.
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