dry as a bone???? how can a bone be dry
2006-11-18 06:43:15 · 15 answers · asked by spudnick 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
idioms. ever hear "as dry as a bone"? as in licked clean to the bone?
ever see the hunt on the Serengeti?
2006-11-18 06:45:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont think you can squeeze any water out of a bone, thats why bones are dry.
2006-11-18 06:45:23 · answer #2 · answered by Dovahkiin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if left to dry out a bone will be very dry. how weird
2006-11-18 06:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it means dray as a dry bone of a dead animal or of something served as meat.
2006-11-18 06:45:57 · answer #4 · answered by Avner Eliyahu R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually because these sayings have become part of the English language and people can't be bothered to think up a suitable response
2006-11-18 06:53:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason people ask "dry" questions.
2006-11-18 06:45:06 · answer #6 · answered by soulguy85 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do no longer positioned all your eggs in one basket, a stitch in time saves 9, do no longer count quantity your chicken in the previous the eggs hatch,a fowl in the hand is nicely worth extra suitable than 2 in the bush, the grass is often greener on the otherside purely some I remember suited off hand
2016-10-22 07:45:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like 'You can't make a silk purse out of a cow's ear'. My Grandma and mother used to say that to me. It took me ages to realise it was their way of saying I'd never be a great beauty!
2006-11-18 06:53:33 · answer #8 · answered by Val G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cadaholic...'i' before 'e' (except after 'c'). Often wondered about that particular saying. Maybe placenames - like Leicester - have different rules.
2006-11-18 06:58:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
like wierd instead of weird too?
2006-11-18 06:46:17 · answer #10 · answered by cadaholic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋