be bone dry Idioma

bone dry

very dry, as dry as an old bone Someone had drained the pool. It was bone dry.

dirty laundry

personal problems, mistakes, scandals I don't want the public to see my dirty laundry - my worst moves.

dry out

stop using alcohol, on the wagon She's drying out at a treatment centre. It's a four-week program.

dry run

complete rehearsal, walk through Let's do a dry run of our play so I can add the background music.

dry up

stop talking, be quiet I wish he'd dry up. He talks too much.

hang you out to dry

defeat you, convict you, throw the book at If you're caught shoplifting, they'll hang you out to dry.

high and dry

stranded, out of the current of events They left him high and dry when they moved the company to Europe.

you don't miss the water till the well runs dry

you do not appreciate some things until they go away or become extinct Now we have only memories of of our song birds. You don't miss the water till the well runs dry.

dry off

（cause to）become dry变干；弄干
Dry yourself off thoroughly after swimming，or you might catch cold．游泳之后要把身体擦干，否则可能感冒。

leave high and dry

Idiom(s): leave sb high and dry

Theme: ABANDONMENT

to leave someone unsupported and unable to maneuver; to leave someone helpless.(Informal.)
• All my workers quit and left me high and dry.
• All the children ran away and left Billy high and dry to take the blame for the broken window.

be cartilage dry

To be acutely dry. Man, it is cartilage dry out there today—not a bit of clamminess in the air And if that attic is not cartilage dry back you're done, accomplish abiding to put up the signs—we don't charge anyone bottomward out here!Learn more: bone, dry

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More Idioms/Phrases

leave sb out in the cold leave sb in the lurch leave sb in peace leave sb holding the bag leave sb flat leave oneself wide open for leave one to one's fate leave high and dry leave hanging in midair leave for dead leave a lot to be desired leave a bad taste in one's mouth least of all learn to live with learn sth the hard way