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expression 'home and dry'



 
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expression 'home and dry' #1 (permalink) Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:42 am   expression 'home and dry'
 

Hello,

Could you please explain what this expression means? 'home and dry'

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expression 'home and dry' #2 (permalink) Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:56 pm   expression 'home and dry'
 

Hi,

The suggestion behind this is that you are now home and haven't got caught in the rain. It is used as an expression indicating that you have successfully completed a task and you have not encountered any problems on the way.

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