bone dry
/boʊn draɪ/
adjective
- Completely dry; having no moisture at all.
- After weeks without rain, the riverbed was bone-dry.
- She hung the laundry outside, and it became bone-dry in the hot sun.
- The desert air left his lips feeling bone-dry.
- Very thirsty.
- After the long hike, I was bone-dry and needed a big glass of water.
- He ran out of water during the race and felt bone-dry by the finish line.
- The heat made everyone bone-dry, so we stopped at a cafe for drinks.
- Completely lacking emotion or humor; very dull or serious.
- The comedian's bone-dry delivery made the joke even funnier.
- She gave a bone-dry response to his silly question, not even cracking a smile.
- His bone-dry lecture put half the class to sleep.