dry as a bone

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

One passage cited by The Telegraph includes changes to “James and the Giant Peach” when the Centipede sings: “Aunt Sponge was terrifically fat/And tremendously flabby at that,” and, “Aunt Spiker was thin as a wire/And dry as a bone, only drier.”

The series of atmospheric rivers that started toward the end of December came as something of a shock after one of California’s driest years on record, which left reservoirs drained and soils dry as a bone.

Indeed, the series of atmospheric rivers that started toward the end of December came as something of a shock after one of California’s driest years on record, which left reservoirs drained and soils dry as a bone.

It was early January, and the winter chill sucked the air as dry as a bone.