phrase

• 1Extremely thirsty.

  ‘let's get a cold drink, I'm as dry as a Pommy's towel’

  More example sentences

  • ‘He might feel like going out for a drink, because he's as dry as a Pommy's towel.’
  • ‘Entering a London pub, Barry exclaimed that he was 'as dry as a Pommy's towel'.’
  • ‘"I'm dry as a pommy's towel. A tinny would start the day nicely, thank you."’
  • ‘Anyhoo, being that I was as dry as a pommy's towel, I didn't put up a great deal of resistance at ebing dragged into the pub.’
  • ‘Thanks for the beer, mate. I was as dry as a pommie's towel.’

• 2Extremely dry.

  ‘this is high plains territory, almost all of it is as dry as a Pommy's towel’

  More example sentences

  • ‘my plonk is dry as a Pommy's towel’
  • ‘"Driest state in the driest continent, this is," says Dave. "Dry as a Pommy's towel."’
  • ‘I won’t break a sweat about it. I’ll be as dry as a pommy’s towel!’
  • ‘The sun was high before he reached Adelaide River and his tongue was as dry as a Pommie's towel.’
  • ‘He gasped; he was stranded in a desert as dry as a pommie's towel.’
  • ‘It was stinking hot and as dry as a pommie's towel.’