well's run dry, the



well's run dry, the

A supply or resource has been exhausted, as in There's no more principal left; the well's run dry, or There's not another novel in her; the well's run dry. This expression likens an underground water source to other plentiful sources. Benjamin Franklin used it in Poor Richard's Almanack (1757).
See also: run

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bartolomeu-Portuguese, Galician
Stepanstye-PAHN (Russian), stee-PAHN (Russian)Russian, Armenian
BedwyrBED-wir (Welsh)Welsh, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Orlagh-Irish
KatheryneKATH-ə-rin, KATH-rinEnglish (Rare)
Endre (1)-Hungarian