soaked to the skin

Idioms  

1. Also, soaked through. Drenched, extremely wet, as in What a downpour; I'm soaked to the skin, or She fell in the stream and was soaked through. The implication in this idiom implies that water has penetrated one's clothing, so one is thoroughly wet. The phrase to the skin has been so used since about 1600; it and the variant were combined in Randle Cotgrave's Dictionary (1611) as “Wet through, or (as we say) to the skin.”

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Example Sentences

Some of the England players emerged to play football, but eventually even they had to admit defeat and returned to the dressing room soaked to the skin.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2023

Even the server laughs as he walks away, soaked to the skin.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2022

Moss walks out of the river, smoking, soaked to the skin, in a floorlength green sequin gown, Thames water dripping off those cheekbones.

From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2015

We couldn’t get from point A to point B quickly enough, and we showed up to work, late, either soaked to the skin or sweating like pigs one too many times.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2014

We are the only people on the street, both of us soaked to the skin.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins