- ready to drop
- Someone who is ready to drop is nearly too exhausted to stay standing.
I've been shopping all day with Judy. I'm ready to drop!
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
ready to drop
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ready to drop — informal phrase to be very tired By the end of the day she was ready to drop. Thesaurus: tiredsynonym Main entry: drop … Useful english dictionary
ready to drop — fit/ready to drop extremely tired. I d just walked 10 miles and I was ready to drop … New idioms dictionary
ready to drop — informal to be very tired By the end of the day she was ready to drop … English dictionary
drop-ripe — dropˈ ripe adjective So ripe as to be ready to drop from the tree • • • Main Entry: ↑drop … Useful english dictionary
ready — 1 adjective 1 PREPARED (not before noun) prepared for what you are going to do: Come on. Aren t you ready yet? | ready to do sth: Everything s packed, and we re ready to leave. (+ for): I don t want to take the test yet; I m not ready for it. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
drop — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 reduction ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, huge, large, massive ▪ marked, noticeable, significant, substantial … Collocations dictionary
drop — drop1 [ drap ] verb *** ▸ 1 let something fall ▸ 2 let yourself fall ▸ 3 let fall from aircraft ▸ 4 reduce/get less ▸ 5 not continue with something ▸ 6 not include something/someone ▸ 7 stop talking about something ▸ 8 end relationship with… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
drop — I UK [drɒp] / US [drɑp] verb Word forms drop : present tense I/you/we/they drop he/she/it drops present participle dropping past tense dropped past participle dropped *** 1) [transitive] to deliberately let something fall drop something off… … English dictionary
drop — n. & v. n. 1 a a small round or pear shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface (drops of dew; tears fell in large drops). b a very small amount of usu. drinkable liquid (just a drop left in the glass). c a glass etc. of … Useful english dictionary
drop the hook on — American to arrest The imagery is from fishing: The buttons in the prowl car were about ready to drop the hook on him. (Chandler, 1953) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
