pommy

pommy
: dry as a pommy's towel Extremely dry. This is a play on various meanings of the word 'dry'. The phrase can refer to rainless weather or to an arid landscape, but it is most commonly used to mean 'thirsty', especially in expressing a desire for a drink of beer. The phrase derives from the stereotypical Australian view of the English as reluctant to wash, and belongs with other anti-English terms such as 'whingeing pom' and 'full as a pommy's complaint box'.

Australian idioms. 2014.

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