home and dry
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Successful in achieving your objective.
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
Good God we're home and dry.
What with your clever copy, Nige's brilliant artwork and my own masterminding over the past couple of months, we're home and dry — and air - conditioned!
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed on Wikipedia “Irreversible binomial” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29). Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).
Common questions
What does “home and dry” mean?
Successful in achieving your objective.
Is “home and dry” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.