all wet

all wet
all wet
1. Lit. completely wet. •

I fell in and got all wet.

2. Fig. mistaken; wrongheaded; on the wrong track. •

That's not the correct answer, John. You're all wet.

If you think that prices will come down, you're all wet.

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{adj.}, {slang} Entirely confused or wrong; mistaken. * /When the Wright brothers said they could build a flying machine, people thought they were all wet./ * /If you think I like baseball, you're all wet./ Compare: OFF ONE'S ROCKER.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • all wet — {adj.}, {slang} Entirely confused or wrong; mistaken. * /When the Wright brothers said they could build a flying machine, people thought they were all wet./ * /If you think I like baseball, you re all wet./ Compare: OFF ONE S ROCKER …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • all wet — american informal phrase completely wrong Thesaurus: inexact and inaccuratesynonym Main entry: wet * * * completely wrong * * * all wet US informal : completely wrong …   Useful english dictionary

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  • all wet — adjective a) Thoroughly soaked; drenched. When I came home, I found a common looking person, all wet and muddy. b) Utterly incorrect; erroneous; uninformed. The lull gave Johnson a chance to show such critics as Canadas Prime Minister Lester… …   Wiktionary

  • all\ wet — adj slang Entirely confused or wrong; mistaken. When the Wright brothers said they could build a flying machine, people thought they were all wet. If you think I like baseball, you re all wet. Compare: off one s rocker …   Словарь американских идиом

  • all wet — ap Wrong. You re all wet. The New York Giants didn t win the 1937 World Series. 1920s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • all wet — mistaken, do not know what you are talking about    You re all wet! You can t grow bananas in Saskatchewan …   English idioms

  • all wet — completely wrong. Anyone who talks about reducing taxes now is all wet …   New idioms dictionary

  • All Wet (film, 1927, Disney) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir All Wet. All Wet est un court métrage de la série Oswald le lapin chanceux, produit par les studios Disney et sorti le 31 octobre 1927. Sommaire 1 Synopsis …   Wikipédia en Français

  • all wet — phrasal completely wrong ; in error …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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