NielsBohron@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Is there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplaceEnglish
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11 days agoI would tend to disagree with the Cambridge example, because liquids can be dry. “Dry” liquids are anhydrous, meaning they’ve been treated to remove any water.
Source: Am chemist and I teach O-Chem, which frequently uses dry solvents, like anhydrous acetone.
Perchloroethylene (aka tetrachloroethene) is a completely non-polar compound, so, yes, it is a dry liquid.