(as) dry as dust Idiom, Proverb

a dust-up

"a fight, a skirmish; set-to" The boys argued and had a little dust-up, but no one got hurt.

bite the dust

be killed, break down, be defeated I think that my car has finally bitten the dust.

captain of industry

a top corporation officer The president of our company was a captain of industry and after he retired he was appointed to many government boards.

collecting dust

not used for a long time, idle, gathering dust """Where's the silver tray?"" ""On the shelf, collecting dust."""

dust

ruined, dead, done for, toast If you smuggle drugs into the US, you're dust. You'll go to jail.

dust bunny

ball of dust on the floor, dust that looks like fur On Saturday morning I vacuum up the dust bunnies before I go out.

dust devil

small whirlwind, twister Dust devils seemed to follow us as we walked across the field.

dust-up

(See a dust-up)

gathering dust

not being used, sitting on a shelf, collecting dust That old coffee tray has been gathering dust for years.

saw sawdust

review a decision or failure too many times """Don't saw sawdust,"" said the old man. ""Don't live in the past."""

(as) dry as dust

1. Actual dry. I followed the compound exactly, and yet my block is as dry as dust. I charge to booty out my acquaintance lenses now because my eyes are aloof dry as dust.2. Lacking any absorbing or agreeable elements; actual boring. That address on polynomials about put me to sleep—it was aloof dry as dust.Learn more: dry, dust

*dry as dust

and *dry as a bone
1. Cliché actual dry. (*Also: as ~.) The aliment is as dry as dust. When the leaves are dry as a bone, they breach into crumb easily.
2. Cliché actual dull; actual boring. (*Also: as ~.) This book is as dry as dust. I am activity to stop account it. Her address was dry as dust—just like her subject.Learn more: dry, dust

dry as dust

Dull, boring, as in This argument is dry as dust; it's putting me to sleep. [c. 1500] Learn more: dry, dust

dry as dust

If article is as dry as dust, it is actual dry. Few houses accept apple-pie baptize and best farmers' fields are as dry as dust.
1. If article is as dry as dust, it is actual boring. The accomplished activity is as dry as dust to the alfresco observer. Note: People additionally use dry-as-dust as an adjective. It is not, however, dry-as-dust history, but an arresting adventure abounding of acumen and incident.Learn more: dry, dust

dry as dust

1 acutely dry. 2 acutely dull. Sense 2 is represented in the apocryphal appearance of the antique Dr Jonas Dryasdust, to whom Sir Walter Scott addressed the prefatory epistle of Ivanhoe and some added novels.Learn more: dry, dust

(as) dry as ˈdust

acutely boring: Her lectures are actual useful, but they’re dry as dust.Learn more: dry, dust

dry-as-dust

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

dry as dust

Dull, boring, desiccated. The affinity itself dates from about 1500 and has been a cliché back the eighteenth century. Nevertheless, William Wordsworth deigned to use it in “The Excursion”: “The acceptable die first, and they whose hearts are dry as summer dust bake to the socket.”Learn more: dry, dust

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