- be home and dry
- mainly British, Australian
to have completed something successfully.
I've just got one more report to write and I'll be home and dry.
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be home and dry
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Home And Dry — «Home Аnd Dry» Сингл Pet Shop Boys c альбома «Release» Выпущен 18 марта, 2002 года Формат … Википедия
Home and Dry — «Home Аnd Dry» Сингл Pet Shop Boys из альбома Release Выпущен 18 марта, 2002 года Формат CD, DVD Записан 2002 Жанр … Википедия
home and dry — 1. Having arrived or achieved one s aim, etc 2. Safe, successful, secure • • • Main Entry: ↑home * * * home and dry british phrase having achieved victory or success, or certain to achieve it We’re not home and dry yet. Thesaurus … Useful english dictionary
home and dry (N. Amer. home free, Austral./NZ home and hosed) — having achieved one s objective. → home … English new terms dictionary
home and dry — ► home and dry chiefly Brit. having achieved one s objective. Main Entry: ↑home … English terms dictionary
Home and Dry — Infobox Single Name = Home and Dry Artist = Pet Shop Boys Album = Release A side = B side = Sexy Northener Released = March 18, 2002 Format = CD single Recorded = 2002 Genre = Pop Length = 4:21 Label = Parlophone Writer = Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe … Wikipedia
home and dry — British having achieved victory or success, or certain to achieve it We re not home and dry yet … English dictionary
(be) home and dry — be home and ˈdry idiom (BrE) (NAmE be home ˈfree) to have done sth successfully, especially when it was difficult • I could see the finish line and thought I was home and dry. Main entry … Useful english dictionary
home and dry — At a safe or successful conclusion … A concise dictionary of English slang
home — ► NOUN 1) the place where one lives. 2) an institution for people needing professional care. 3) a place where something flourishes or from which it originated. 4) the finishing point in a race. 5) (in games) the place where a player is free from… … English terms dictionary
