1. An encyclopedic biography should be as dry as a bone , almost tabular in prose form. 2. He sat up in his solitary chair, high above the action, dry as a bone . 3. Now, of course, Mars is dry as a bone , except for some permafrost and polar ice. 4. Today Mars'surface is dry as a bone , and solid evidence for its watery past remains elusive. 5. All around them, as far as the eye could see, it was as dry as a bone . 6. "Dry as a bone , " the Acadian wallpaper hangers agreed as we stalked the perimeters of the pool. 7. You know, the house is dry as a bone , your mouth is dry and your nose gets all caked up. 8. Later that year Bruce Pavitt released the " Sub Pop 100 " compilation and Green River's " Dry As a Bone " 9. I came down to the fuse box and he said it was wet, though it was dry as a bone last night, 10. It soaks the actor, who is also real and must return to the stage a few minutes later dry as a bone .