2006-10-14 04:17:32 · 15 answers · asked by Naomi 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Whenever someone says they weigh some amount "soaking wet" they mean that they probably weigh a little less than that amount. Water adds weight so the person is trying to explain that they are very thin...water would help them to gain a little and if they were wet, they might weigh a little more.
What the really mean to say is, "Maybe I'm not quit 120 pounds but I almost am and certainly I don't weigh more than that."
2006-10-14 04:22:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually people don't say that about themselves.
People say "so in so weighs maybe 120 lbs soaking wet." Meaning that she is very thin. Water adds weight, so to say that someone weighs whatever they weigh "soaking wet" that means they would be surprised if she even weighed that much.
2006-10-14 04:31:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a way of saying a stated weight is the very heaviest the person weighs. Clothes are heavier when they're wet. The wetter clothes get, the heavier they are - at least until they reach a point where they can't GET any wetter, anyway. So, by adding the "soaking wet" to how much a person weighs, they're saying that, even with their clothes soaking wet, they've never weighed more than (their stated weight).
2006-10-14 04:24:56 · answer #3 · answered by loveblue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water on a person adds weight to them. So they are saying that you are very thin, and you'd have to be soaking wet with all your clothes on to be 120 lbs!
2006-10-14 04:20:51 · answer #4 · answered by One Race The Human Race 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's usually used as an expression overall, or for someone who weighs themselves when just leaving the shower.
it basically means that you don't weigh more than 120 pds when you are soaking wet and that is not very much, even though the weight of the water is being added to your real weight.
2006-10-14 04:22:03 · answer #5 · answered by samuraivision 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For your height your ideal weight should be: Small frame: 103-113 Medium frame: 111-123 Large frame: 120-134 What is a frame? Well for a medium frame for example, your Elbow Breadth for a 4'11" height is between 2 and 1/4" and 2 and 1/2"
2016-03-28 08:47:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stressing the fact they are barely 120 pounds.
But when you weigh on a digital scale that is what you weigh.
Wether your wet or not. Just say I weigh 118.7 exactly.
So you can dry off and weigh naked.
2006-10-14 04:21:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People use the add on "soaking wet" to usually describe someone on the thin side.... it means even soaked in water they are still thin.
funny expression.
2006-10-14 04:19:41 · answer #8 · answered by leavemealonestalker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that they weigh 120 lbs. with water all over them.
2006-10-14 04:20:16 · answer #9 · answered by crazylove4myboo1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Means fresh out of the shower. It is an expression for being weighed early in the morning with no clothes on.
2006-10-14 04:20:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋