dry-as-dust
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(as) dry as dust
1. Very dry. I followed the recipe exactly, and yet my cake is as dry as dust. I need to take out my contact lenses now because my eyes are just dry as dust. My skin always gets as dry as dust in the winter. No amount of moisturizer ever seems to help!
2. Lacking any interesting or engaging elements; very boring. That lecture on polynomials almost put me to sleep—it was just dry as dust. I know many people consider this topic as dry as dust, but I've always found it fascinating. Dave is not a very engaging public speaker—his delivery is just about as dry as dust.
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dry-as-dust
mod. dull; lifeless. I can’t take another one of his dry-as-dust lectures.
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