wetter than an otter's pocket

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wetter than an otter's pocket (comparative form only)

  1. (simile, informal) Completely wet, drenched, soaked.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:wet
    • 2007, Jason Gillespie, Lawrie Colliver, Dizzy: The Jason Gillespie Story, Sydney: HarperCollins, published 2010, →ISBN, page unknown:
      One night we were heading off for a team dinner and somehow Jeff fell into a fountain. […] He was saturated except for two vital things: his pack of cigarettes in one hand and the team's supply of Cabcharge vouchers in the other. It was hilarious—he was as wet as an otter's pocket but somehow managed to keep his smokes and the vouchers dry.
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