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dry as dust |
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*dry as dust and *dry as a bone 1. Cliché very dry. (*Also: as ~.) The bread is as dry as dust. When the leaves are dry as a bone, they break into powder easily. 2. Cliché very dull; very boring. (*Also: as ~.) This book is as dry as dust. I am going to stop reading it. Her lecture was dry as dust—just like her subject. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For as long as most people can remember, much of California's 110-square-mile Owens Lake has been dry as dust. The liturgy in many places is an excellent source of enlightenment; the use of the Bible as "textbook" is worthy of applause; and the new Catechism of the Catholic Church is authoritative but, unfortunately, dry as dust even for professional catechists. |
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