dry as a chip

dry as a chip
((as) dry as a chip)
1) высохший как щепка

There was... a long individual in a blue flannel coat, as dry as a chip and no stouter than a broomstick... (J. Conrad, ‘Lord Jim’, ch. V) — Там был... долговязый тип в синем фланелевом пиджаке, высохший как щепка, худой как скелет.

2) пересохший (о горле)

His pale lips were dry and he licked them with his tongue while he moved restlessly about the room... ‘I'm dry as a chip,’ he said to Gunner. (A. Marshall, ‘This is the Grass’, book I, ch. VII) — Бескровные губы Шепа были сухими, и он облизывал их языком, нервно прохаживаясь по комнате. - У меня ужасно пересохло в горле, - сказал он Ганнеру.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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