dry – phrases

Terms for subject American usage, not spelling containing dry | all forms | exact matches only

English	Russian
bone-dry	сухой (о законе и т.п.)
come up dry	не увенчаться успехом (experiments have so far come up dry Val_Ships)
dry-goods	одежда
dry-goods	мануфактура
dry gulcher	наёмный убийца (период освоения западных территорий США Townsend)
dry lot dairy	молочное хозяйство с круглогодичным стойловым содержанием (скота)
dry-lot dairy operation	молочное хозяйство промышленного типа
go dry	отказаться от употребления спиртных напитков
go dry	стать трезвенником
go dry	запретить продажу спиртных напитков
hang out to dry	оставить (на произвол судьбы Val_Ships)
hang someone out to dry idiom	отказать в поддержке (кому-либо; After losing the election, the party is going to hang him out to dry. Val_Ships)
hang someone out to dry idiom	бросить в трудную минуту (кого-либо; When the department got into difficulties, his bosses simply hung him out to dry. Val_Ships)
hang someone out to dry idiom	наказать (кого-либо; The boss was really angry at Billie. He yelled at him and hung him out to dry. Val_Ships)
high and dry	оказаться на "мели" (I will never leave you high and dry, promise. Val_Ships)
hung out to dry	сделать ответственным за неудачу (When the department got into difficulties, his bosses simply hung him out to dry. Val_Ships)
leave someone high and dry	поставить кого-либо в затруднительное положение (All my workers quit and left me high and dry. Val_Ships)
leave someone high and dry	оставить кого-либо в безвыходном положении (We were left high and dry, without any money or credit cards. Val_Ships)
leave someone high and dry	оставить кого-либо без средств к существованию (Mrs. Franklin took all the money out of the bank and left Mr. Franklin high and dry. Val_Ships)
left high and dry	брошенный на произвол судьбы (left helpless in a situation because you aren't given something you need or were promised Val_Ships)
literally to tare someone to shreads, but the meaning is to bleed someone dry or to rob someone blind	порвать на нитки
tinder-dry	засохший (speaking of vegetation Val_Ships)
tinder-dry	высохший и легковоспламеняемый (extremely dry and flammable Val_Ships)
tinder-dry	сухой (как хворост Val_Ships)
tinder-dry	сухой как лист (tinder-dry brush Val_Ships)

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