What does "dry as a powder house" mean?
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You can figure this out.  Take some wax paper, or aluminum foil.  Just a small piece.  Put a small amount of talcom powder, or flower on it.  Then shake it off, just about all of the powder comes off.  \n\n  Then run the paper or foil under water and shake it off, don't wipe it.  Repeat what you did with the dry paper, notice when you shake the paper off, some powder sticks.\n\nThis is what it means, "Dry as a powder house"  Moisture causes the powder to bond or stick together and makes it useless, so a powder house has to be extremely dry, even sometimes humidity can be a problem.\n\nHope this helped you.
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that your eyes are dry, like cotton.  Probably the same as cottonmouth.
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Powder is the only solution because it keeps you dry
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idioms. ever hear "as dry as a bone"? as in licked clean to the bone?\n\never see the hunt on the Serengeti?
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In the Army, it means Rest and Recuperation - NOT Rest and Relaxation.\n\nA soldier can relax anywhere, but often needs the alcohol and hookers found in the rear to recuperate. :-)
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It means your house is too dry. Too much static. Boil some water.
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Anywhere that is damp.
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Dry of the sweat I Guess LoL
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What kind of place? A room? A town? A country? \n \nex.\n\n    The living room was the friendliest room in the house. The furniture worn and covered with knitted afghans, hiding the thread bare patches from excessive use. Shelves lined the narrow walls filled with books and a layer of dust. Music wafted from an old turntable, mixing with the faint smell of pipe tabacco in the air.\n\nI dunno if that helps at all, but descriptive means to describe. And paragraphs aren't very long, unless specified otherwise.
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they get too dry, they are severed, or they are irritated\n\ntoo dry- hot day, stop fastest\nsevered/damaged- hit in nose with football, hard to stop\nirritated- nose picking, somewhat easy to stop
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"Mis compañeros están de viaje, así usted puede limpiar sus cuartos en tranquilidad."\n\nI think that you're two sentences are somewhat abrupt.  This version says that your  friends are on a journey and thus the person concerned can clean their rooms in peace. Only North Americans would call them roommates: in most languages, including English, room mates are people with whom you share a room, so you've got to be careful in translation.
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because not as much surface area is exposed to the air. But it will eventually dry.
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I think it is another slang way of saying get ready to move out...like 'boots and saddles' was used too.
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My parents used to say this stinks on "dry" ice.  I guess that was back in the old days.  LOL.  I am curious now too.  What does it mean?
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When they "wick up" moisture.
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I'm pretty sure that is from Proverbs... These are NIV references, so the wording may be different in another version.\n\nProverbs 21:9  "Better to live on a corner of the roof \n       than share a house with a quarrelsome wife."\n\nProverbs 21:19 "Better to live in a desert \n       than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife."\n\nProverbs 25:25 "Better to live on a corner of the roof \n       than share a house with a quarrelsome wife."\n\nProverbs 17:1 "Better a dry crust with peace and quiet \n       than a house full of feasting, with strife."
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Sounds like a label on "unwanted furniture remover"  :)\n\nThe phrase usually goes "easy on hands, tough on grease"