be (a certain amount of pounds) soaking wet
To have a weight that one considers quite light. The addition of water makes things heavier, so one's weight "soaking wet" would be more than it is while one is dry. Ralph's about 100 pounds soaking wet. A strong breeze would blow him over! There's no way that boy meets the weight requirement for this rollercoaster. He's like 50 pounds soaking wet! No, you wouldn't have to wrestle a big guy like Cliff, you'd be matched with someone who's 120 pounds soaking wet, like you are.
be up to ninety
To be extremely busy or overworked; to have many things to contend with at once. Primarily heard in Ireland. Sorry I haven't been in touch, but between work and our new baby, I've just been up to ninety lately! We're up to ninety in here, Mary! Could you take this order out to table 10 straight away, please? The phones are ringing off the hook because of that software issue, the flu is going through the department, and our only printer just broke. Yeah, you could say I'm up to ninety right now!
Genius is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.
proverb Genius or things considered to have the quality of genius may derive from brilliant ideas or intellect, but they require a huge amount of hard work to be successful. All these successful entrepreneurs had great ideas, sure, but they worked extremely hard to realize them. Genius is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. He's a smart guy, yeah, but he's lazy. He won't get far, considering genius is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. Maybe these designers are born with some innate brilliance, but their designs are the result of hard work and dedication. Genius is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration, after all.
the craic was ninety
Describing something very enjoyable or entertaining. The spelling "crack" is also used. Primarily heard in Ireland. Oh, the craic was ninety last night—you should have been there!
up to ninety
Extremely busy or overworked; having many things to contend with at once. Primarily heard in Ireland. Sorry I haven't been in touch, but between work and our new baby, I've just been up to ninety lately! We're up to ninety in here, Mary! Could you take this order out to table 10 straight away, please?
weigh (a certain amount of pounds) soaking wet
To have a weight that one considers quite light. The addition of water makes things heavier, so one's weight "soaking wet" would be more than it is while one is dry. Ralph weighs about 100 pounds soaking wet. A strong breeze would blow him over! There's no way that boy meets the weight requirement for this rollercoaster. He weighs like 50 pounds soaking wet!
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