be burned to a crisp
To be or have been significantly burned, as by fire or the sun. If you don't get the bread out of the oven now, it will be burned to a crisp! I fell asleep on the beach, and now I'm burned to a crisp. Unfortunately, most things in the house were burned to a crisp in the fire.
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