dry-as-dust
or dry·as·dust
[ drahy-uh z-duhst ]
/ ˈdraɪ əzˈdʌst /
adjective
dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography.
Origin of dry-as-dust
1870–75; after Dr.
Dryasdust, a fictitious pedant satirized in the prefaces of Sir Walter Scott's novels
Words nearby dry-as-dust
dry valley,
dry vomiting,
dry wall,
dry wash,
dry well,
dry-as-dust,
dry-bone ore,
dry-bulb thermometer,
dry-clean,
dry-cleanse,
dry-dock
Idioms and Phrases with dry as dust
dry as dust
Dull, boring, as in This text is dry as dust; it's putting me to sleep. [c. 1500]