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all wet

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all wet 
1. Lit. completely wet. I fell in and got all wet.
2. Fig. mistaken; wrongheaded; on the wrong track. That's not the correct answer, John. You're all wet. If you think that prices will come down, you're all wet.
See also: wet
all wet (spoken)
completely wrong Anyone who talks about reducing taxes now is all wet.
See also: wet
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She had not got at all wet when standing under the window, and had said so only as a pretext to get him to let her in.
Father Sergius by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Truly thou art all wet from head to foot, and that to the very skin.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
Also three boys confessed afterwards to throwing stones at a funny tramp, knocking about all wet and muddy, and, it seemed, very drunk, in the narrow deep lane by the limekilns.
Amy Foster by Conrad, Joseph View in context
 
 
 
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