It seems like for just about the last year, it\u2019s done nothing but rain around here \u2014 the ground is so saturated, that just a little bit of rain sends water across the road in low spots. But we\u2019ve actually had a couple of dry days lately \u2014 and \u2014 not unexpectedly, weeds have grown like crazy. So today, I decided to pull some weeds\u2026 the ground was \u201cbone dry!\u201d<\/p>\n
Now I think most of us know that when I say something is \u201cbone dry\u201d I mean that it\u2019s very<\/em> dry. I\u2019ve heard, and used, that phrase just about all my life. Of course, I wondered where it came from, and like a lot of things, the fact is, that no really seems to know.<\/p>\n It\u2019s pretty certain that bone dry came into being as a phrase when people came across the remains of a body \u2014 either animal or human having being left out in the sun. If you\u2019ve ever run across animal bones out in the woods, you know they are<\/em> very dry.<\/p>\n One theory about the phrase\u2019s origin claims that bone-dry is actually a variant of \u2018bone-dry,\u201d the dry clay used to form porcelain. The Bible talks about dry bones in the Book of Ezekiel, describing\u00a0 a vision the prophet has about standing in a valley full of dry human bones. Then the bones connect themselves into human figures and become covered with flesh and skin.<\/p>\n But I think bone dry is one of those phrases that we (or someone) makes up to express something or help a listener paint a picture in their mind. We use phrases like white as a ghost, black as night, bone chilling, or blood red to help listeners better understand out points.<\/p>\n So dry as a bone is just one of those things that a lot of people use and most people, even if they haven\u2019t heard it before, almost readily know what it means\u2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It seems like for just about the last year, it\u2019s done nothing but rain around here \u2014 the ground is so saturated, that just a little bit of rain sends water across the road in low spots. But we\u2019ve actually … Continue reading
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