Смысл: air-dry

air-dry1. [ʹeədraı] a тех.
<Í> воздушно-сухой; воздушной сушки (о табаке и т. п.)

2. [ʹeədraı] v
<Í> высушивать на воздухе; вялить

dry Идиома

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.

dry sb out

Idiom(s): dry sb out

Theme: SOBRIETY

to help a drunk person get sober.
• We had to call the doctor to help dry Mr. Franklin out.
• It takes time to dry out someone who has been drinking for a week.

dry as dust

Idiom(s): (as) dry as dust

Theme: BOREDOM

very dull; very boring.
• This book is as dry as dust. I am going to stop reading it.
• Her lecture was dry as dust—just like her subject.

all and sundry

Idiom(s): all and sundry

Theme: EVERYONE

everyone; one and all. (Folksy. Fixed order.)
• Cold drinks were served to all and sundry.
• All and sundry came to the village fair.

not dry behind the ears

Idiom(s): wet behind the ears AND not dry behind the ears

Theme: AGE - YOUTH

young and inexperienced.
•John's too young to take on a job like this! He's still wet behind the ears!
• He may be wet behind the ears, but he's well trained and totally competent.
• Tom is going into business by himself? Why, he's hardly dry behind the ears.
• That kid isn't dry behind the ears. He'll go broke in a month.

Air your dirty laundry in public

If you air your dirty laundry in public, you reveal aspects of your private life that should really remain private, by telling a secret, arguing in public, etc.

Before the ink is dry

If people make an agreement or contract and then the situation changes very quickly, it changes before the ink is dry.

Don't wash your dirty laundry in public

(UK) People, especially couples, who argue in front of others or involve others in their personal problems and crises, are said to be washing their dirty laundry in public; making public things that are best left private. (In American English, 'don't air your dirty laundry in public' is used.)

Dry as a bone

If your lawn is as dry as a bone, the soil is completely dry.

Dry as snuff

If something is as dry as snuff, it is very dry indeed.

Dry spell

If something or someone is having a dry spell, they aren't being as successful as they normally are.

Hang out to dry

If you hang someone out to dry, you abandon them when they are in trouble.

Keep your powder dry

If you keep your powder dry, you act cautiously so as not to damage your chances.

Watching paint dry

If something is like watching paint dry, it is really boring.

be home and dry

succeed at something and not expect any further problems: "I'm glad we've got that new client. We're home and dry now."

cut-and-dried|cut|dried|dry

adj. phr. Decided or expected beforehand; following the same old line; doing the usual thing. The decision of the judge was cut-and-dried. The ways of the king's court were cut-and-dried. People at the convention heard many cut-and-dried speeches.

dry behind the ears|dry|ear|ears

adj. phr., informal Experienced; knowing how to do something. Usually used in the negative. John had just started working for the company, and was not dry behind the ears yet.
Compare: KNOW ONE'S WAY AROUND.
Antonym: WET BEHIND THE EARS.

dry out|dry

v. phr. To cure an alcoholic. A longtime alcoholic. Uncle Steve is now in the hospital getting dried out.

dry up|dry

v. 1. To become dry. The reservoir dried up during the four-month drought. 2. To disappear or vanish as if by evaporating. The Senator's influence dried up when he was voted out of office. 3. slang To stop talking.

Often used as a command. "Dry up!" Tony said angrily when his friend told him for the third time that he had made a mistake in his theme.
Synonym: SHUT UP¹.

high and dry|dry|high

adv. or adj. phr. 1. Up above the water; beyond the reach of splashing or waves. Mary was afraid she had left her towel where the tide would reach it, but she found it high and dry. When the tide went out the boat was high and dry. 2. Without anyone to help; alone and with no help. When the time came to put up the decorations, Mary was left high and dry. At first the other boys helped, but when the work got hard. Bob found himself high and dry.
Compare: LEAVE IN THE LURCH, OUT IN THE COLD.

run dry|dry|run

v. phr. To dry up; lose the water content. After many years of use, our well ran dry.

dry

dry
In addition to the idioms beginning with dry, also see cut and dried; hang out to dry; high and dry; keep one's powder dry; well's run dry, the.
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- dry as dust
- dry behind the ears
- dry out
- dry run
- dry up

dry behind the ears

dry behind the ears
see under wet behind the ears.

keep one's powder dry

keep one's powder dry
Stay alert, be careful, as in Go ahead and take on the opposition, but keep your powder dry. This colloquial expression, which originally alluded to keeping gunpowder dry so that it would ignite, has been used figuratively since the 1800s but today is less common than take care.

laundry

laundry
see wash one's dirty linen in public.

run dry

run dry
see well's run dry, the.

sundry

sundry
see all and sundry.

various and sundry

various and sundry
Of different kinds, miscellaneous, as in Various and sundry items did not sell, so they'll probably hold another auction. This expression is a redundancy, the two adjectives meaning just about the same thing.

well's run dry, the

well's run dry, the
A supply or resource has been exhausted, as in There's no more principal left; the well's run dry, or There's not another novel in her; the well's run dry. This expression likens an underground water source to other plentiful sources. Benjamin Franklin used it in Poor Richard's Almanack (1757).

More Idioms/Phrases

welcome mat welcome to, be well well and good well out of, be well preserved well's run dry, the Welsh wend one's way west