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Soaked in sweat
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ttuffl
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Soaked in sweat
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Hi teachers I need some help.
I am making a list of expressions related to summer.
When you are hot and sweaty, do you say
"I am soaked in sweat." Or "I am soaked to the skin."?
Google shows only " I wake up soked in sweat" or "My shirt is soaked in sweat."
Or "I am soaked to the skin in RAIN."
Thank you for advace |
9 Jun 2014
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anaisabel001
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Hi,
soaked
to the skin
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.
You can have a look here:
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=soaked
Hope this helps.
Cheers!
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9 Jun 2014
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serzt
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VERBS be, look | get
� ADV. absolutely, completely,
thoroughly
� PHRASES soaked
to the skin There was a sudden shower and we got soaked to the skin. (Oxford Collocations Dictionary)
He woke up soaked with
sweat. (Oxford 8th edition)
Macmillan
She was
shivering and soaked with sweat.
soaked through (=wet
all the way through): Our tent is soaked
through.
soaked to the
skin/bone: Most of the walkers were soaked to the
skin.
Longman
be drenched/soaked with sweat (=be covered in a lot of
sweat)
▪ His shirt was drenched with sweat.
Cambridge
I �m
going to have to take these clothes off - I �m soaked to the
skin!
My
shoes are soaked (through).
His
T-shirt was soaked in sweat.
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9 Jun 2014
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cunliffe
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�Soaked to the skin � implies you have been in the rain. �Drenched � is what we use for sweat. It �s never happened to me, of course, because I �m a lady. |
9 Jun 2014
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nasreddine Sarsar
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We can say all of the following expressions: be soaked, drenched, bathed, or covered followed by the preposition in. We can also say be beaded, or streaming followed by the preposition with. Alternatively. You can say "I was sweating buckets" or "I was sweating like a pig". I hope this will help.
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9 Jun 2014
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cunliffe
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�I �m sweating buckets � or � I �m sweating like a pig � - these are usual expressions. So NasreddineSarsar is right.
And �I �m drenched in sweat � |
9 Jun 2014
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yanogator
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"Soaked to the skin" indicates that the liquid has come from outside the clothing, not from the skin itself. Bruce |
9 Jun 2014
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ttuffl
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Thank you so much !!!!!!! |
9 Jun 2014
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douglas
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In my experience (and personal use) "drenched" does not specifically mean "with sweat"--if Igo ou in the rain, I get drenched (with rain water). Most US dictionaries show "soaked" as a synonym for "drenched".
Personally, I also never use "soaked to the skin"--for me it is always "soaked to the bone" |
10 Jun 2014
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