Phrases.com »

Phrases related to: dry-clean

Yee yee! We've found 130 phrases and idioms matching dry-clean.

Sort:RelevancyA - Z
dry as a bonecompletely dry; totally dryRate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
dry as a dead dingo's dongerVery dry, extremely dry.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
dry as a dead dingo's dongerVery thirsty.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
home and dryHaving safely reached one's target.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
keep one’s powder dryConserve one’s resources until they are needed; be ready to take action if necessaryRate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
leave someone high and dryTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
you drained me dryYour incessant and extended discussion, queries and theories have been so exuberant that I am exhausted.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
leave somebody high and dryTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.Rate it:

(4.50 / 2 votes)
bone-drytotally dry; without moisture.Rate it:

(4.00 / 1 vote)
dry outTo have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed.Rate it:

(4.00 / 4 votes)
dry runA practice; a rehearsal.Rate it:

(3.33 / 3 votes)
dry eyeKeratoconjunctivitis sicca , an eye disease caused by decreased tear production.Rate it:

(2.00 / 1 vote)
bone dryCompletely dry; without any trace of moisture.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
DRYAcronym of don't repeat yourself.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry behind the earsSeasoned or experienced; mature, especially with respect to judgment.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry eyeAn eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry offTo become dry.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry one's eyesTo cease crying.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry outTo sober up; to cease to be drunk.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry powderUsed other than as an idiom: see dry, powder.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry powdercash (or cash-like securities) kept in reserve in case of need.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry powderA powder found in a fire extinguisher that is expelled to smother the fireRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry rottimber decayRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry upTo become dry; to lose water.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry upTo cause to become dry.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry upTo manually dry dishesRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry upTo stop talking, to forget what one was going to say.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry upTo cease to exist; to disappearRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry upTo deprive someone of.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
dry up and blow awayTo go away; to disappear.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
hang out to dryTo attach washing to a clothesline to dry.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
hang out to dryTo abandon someone who is in need or in danger.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
high and drystrandedRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
ink isn't dry onUsed to indicate that was just issued.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
on the drytemporarily refraining from drinking alcoholRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
Clean As a WhistlePerfectly neat and not having any traces of dirtRate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
i'll beAn expression of surprise; the same as saying "Isn't that something?" (unexpected); Short version of "I'll be damned," "I'll be darned" or the more clean version, "I'll be a monkey's uncle."Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
put one's house in orderTo clean and arrange in an orderly manner the furnishings and other contents of one's house.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
Spick and SpanExtremely neat and clean, very tidyRate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
tidy upTo make clean. In particular to make satisfactorily neat. Usually used to describe the straightening-out of a small room or small space.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
pick upTo clean up; to return to an organized state.Rate it:

(4.25 / 4 votes)
come cleanTo confess; admit.Rate it:

(4.20 / 5 votes)
mop upTo clean with a mop; especially to clean up a spill or mess.Rate it:

(4.20 / 5 votes)
back to the wall(Can we clean up this sense?) A very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action.Rate it:

(4.00 / 1 vote)
clean as a whistleVery cleanRate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
je suis tout en nageI am in a thorough perspiration; I have not a dry thread on me.Rate it:

(4.00 / 1 vote)
muck outTo clean the excrement and other rubbish from the area where an animal is kept, such as a horse stable or a dog kennel.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
a new broom sweeps cleanNew management will often make radical changes.Rate it:

(3.00 / 2 votes)
clean cutclearly outlinedRate it:

(3.00 / 1 vote)
put awayTo store away, place out of the way, clean up, or organize.Rate it:

(3.00 / 3 votes)

We need you!

Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

Alternative searches for dry-clean:

Quiz

Are you a phrases master?

»
I'm exhausted, I'm going to hit the _____.
A sack
B bag
C barn
D bar

Browse Phrases.com

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ