dry as a bone
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dry as a bone (not comparable)
- (simile) completely dry; totally dry
- Synonym: bone-dry
- 2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae[1]:
- Wrong! When we got there, it was not only cloudy and cold, but dry as a bone!
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completely dry — see bone-dry