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all wet

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  1. Completely wrong, mistaken, as in If you think you can beat the system and win at roulette, you're all wet. The original allusion in this expression is unclear, that is, how moisture or dampness is related to wrongness. [Slang; first half of 1900s]


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“Extreme wet years usually require all wet season months to be wet,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024

We’ll see, but this is one plan that might end up all wet.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023

Bing Lin, a third-year Ph.D. student under Dr. David Wilcove in the Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy at Princeton University, urged against castigating all wet markets.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2022

Bathing can be inconvenient: You gotta get yourself all wet, which isn’t fun, and if you’re long and spindly with furry, kinky-haired ancestors like me, every part of the cleansing process can feel endless.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2021

It seemed that I could practically rub my skin off and still feel it, all wet and sticky, and kind of burning.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls