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dry as a bone





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The deadpan Val is dry as a bone, juxtaposed against the tightly coiled live-wire Kevin.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2022

Set it out in the sun and allow it to become dry as a bone.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2020

The production is dry as a bone, all finger-click beats, big lazy bass drops and strange vocal samples that fade in and out.

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2012

His road, you might say, has gone dry as a bone.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2012

After all, the floor of the Black Forest looked as dry as a bone.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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