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61 dry-bone
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62 dry bone
галмей, углекислый цинк, сухая костная рудаАнгло-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > dry bone
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63 dry as a bone
1) Австралийский сленг: высохший, засохший, очень сухой2) Макаров: твёрдый как камень -
64 dry bone
Геология: галмей, каламин, смитсонит, сухая костная руда, углекислый цинк -
65 dry-bone
Геология: смитсонит -
66 dry-bone ore
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67 dry as a bone
очень сухой, засохший, высохший -
68 Dry as a bone
Твёрдый как каменьDifficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > Dry as a bone
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69 dry as a bone
совершенно сухой, без капли влаги -
70 dry as a bone
очень сухой, засохший, высохший -
71 milk somebody dry
milk somebody (bone) dry выжать все что можно (силы, деньги, помощь, информацию)If Kipling was interested in a subject or a way of life, he could fasten himself on a man and milk him dry of all relevant information in an hour or less.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > milk somebody dry
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72 suck somebody dry
suck somebody (bone) dry выжать все, что можно (силы, деньги, помощь, информацию)It's hard work keeping him amused: I feel sucked dry after an hour in his company.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > suck somebody dry
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73 (as) dry as a bone
paзг.1) coвepшeннo cуxoй, выcoxший (oбыкн. упoтp. кoгдa cуxocть жeлaтeльнa)The washrag's been as dry as a bone for two weeks. But it's not dry now. Somebody damped it (J. D. Carr). No, I don't need to change, this cape keeps me as dry as a bone in all weathers2) гopлo пepecoxлo, выпить xoчeтcяLet's stop at the pub: I am as dry as a bone -
74 suck dry
высосать все соки; истощить...Paula was like a cancerous growth that spread over the plateau and into the hills, ugly and forbidding, and no signs were necessary to tell those entering: so many have died here, you'll be sucked dry, too and end on the bone heap. (S. Heym, ‘The Crusaders’, book V, ch. 4) —...лагерь "Паула", словно страшная злокачественная опухоль, расползался по равнине и холмам, и те, кто попадал сюда, знали наверняка, не глядя на его вывеску: здесь погибло столько народу! Из тебя тоже высосут все соки, и ты кончишь жизнь на свалке.
Tom Riggs... had sucked me dry of all I knew... (S. Chaplin, ‘My Fate Cries Out’, ch. 4) — Том Риггс... выкачал из меня все, что я знал...
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75 hard as a bone
Общая лексика: (dry) твёрдый как камень -
76 as dry as a bone
1) Общая лексика: без капли влаги, совершенно сухой, (as a tinder) сухой как спичка2) Макаров: сухой как спичка -
77 as dry as a bone (as a tinder)
Общая лексика: сухой как спичкаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > as dry as a bone (as a tinder)
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78 hard (dry) as a bone
Общая лексика: твёрдый как камень -
79 As dry as bone
Совершенно сухойDifficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > As dry as bone
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80 bonedry
bone-dry
1> _разг. совершенно высохший
2> _ам. _сл. сухой (о законе)
_Ex:
bone-dry luncheon завтрак без вина
См. также в других словарях:
bone dry — adj completely dry ▪ There had been no rain for months and the land was bone dry … Dictionary of contemporary English
bone-dry — [bōn′drī′] adj. Informal 1. dry as a bone that has lain exposed to the air; very dry 2. absolutely abstaining from, or prohibiting the use of, alcoholic drinks … English World dictionary
bone-dry — one dry adj. without a trace of moisture. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bone-dry — adjective completely dry … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bone-dry — bone′ dry′ adj. 1) very dry 2) very thirsty • Etymology: 1815–25 … From formal English to slang
bone dry — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely dry … English terms dictionary
bone-dry — adjective without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone bone dry leaves are a fire hazard a drier to get the clothes bone dry • Syn: ↑bone dry • Similar to: ↑dry * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective … Useful english dictionary
bone dry — adjective without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone bone dry leaves are a fire hazard a drier to get the clothes bone dry • Syn: ↑bone dry • Similar to: ↑dry * * * ˌbone ˈdry [bone dry … Useful english dictionary
bone dry — also bone dry ADJ (emphasis) If you say that something is bone dry, you are emphasizing that it is very dry indeed. The lake in the centre of the city is bone dry and cows wander around in it … English dictionary
bone dry — very dry, as dry as an old bone Someone had drained the pool. It was bone dry … English idioms
bone dry — adjective completely dry: There had been no rain for months and the land was bone dry … Longman dictionary of contemporary English