We're not ready to start buying yet. We'll keep our powder dry until we think prices are as low as they'll go.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
keep your powder dry — see ↑powder, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑dry keep your powder dry old fashioned : to be calm and ready for a possible problem in the future They don t know how the election will turn out, so for now they re just keeping their powder dry. • • • Main… … Useful english dictionary
keep one's powder dry — see under ↑powder • • • Main Entry: ↑keep keep one s powder dry 1. To preserve one s energies so as to be able to act when the moment comes, play a waiting game 2. To observe all practical precautions • • • Main Entry: ↑powder * * * remain caut … Useful english dictionary
keep your powder dry — keep (your) powder dry to be ready to do something if necessary. We re not ready to start buying yet. We ll keep our powder dry until we think prices are as low as they ll go. Etymology: from the idea that gunpowder (= an explosive substance in… … New idioms dictionary
keep your powder dry — If you keep your powder dry, you act cautiously so as not to damage your chances … The small dictionary of idiomes
keep one's powder dry — ► keep one s powder dry remain cautious and alert. Main Entry: ↑powder … English terms dictionary
keep your powder dry — If you keep your powder dry, you act cautiously so as not to damage your chances. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
keep your powder dry — Meaning Be prepared. Origin The allusion is to gunpowder which soldiers had to keep dry in order to be ready to fight when required … Meaning and origin of phrases
keep one's powder dry — remain cautious and alert. → powder … English new terms dictionary
put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry — Advice attributed to Oliver Cromwell (see quot. 1834), combining spiritual exhortation with the practical measure of making sure that one’s gunpowder is kept serviceable. The second half of the saying is often used allusively in the phrase to… … Proverbs new dictionary
keep your powder dry — be prepared for battle; be ready to take care of the enemy … English contemporary dictionary
