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This year's rainy season is supposed to be a wet one.

Let's practice5/31/06から

This year's rainy season is supposed to be a wet one. 今年の梅雨は雨が多いってことだから。

wet--ぬれた、湿った、湿気のあるという意味の他に、雨(降り),雨で湿った、(気候が)雨の多い、雨がちの《◆rainyより口語的》a wet day 雨模様の日 / wet weather 雨天 / the wet season 雨期 / It's wet outside. 外は雨だ.

For what it's worth, wet, warm spring is in forecast. 一応伝えておくと,この春は雨が多く暖かいという予報が出ている。

wet blanket = 座をしらけさせる物、人

I don't want to be a wet blanket... せっかくの考え方に水を差すつもりはないけれど…..

My father's negative attitude threw a wet blanket on our enthusiasm. 父の否定的な態度は、私たちの熱意に水を差した。

wet behind the ears   青二才の、未熟な

"Wet behind the ears" is an idiom that means inexperienced or even naive. And I've always known that idiom, but when I looked up where it came from, I was kind of surprised. It actually refers to newborn animals that are usually wet when they first appear. It's said that the spot behind their ears is the last spot to dry up. So if you're still wet behind the ears, you haven't even recovered from birth yet. (ビジネス英会話)

In those days I was a cub reporter and still wet behind the ears. あの当時は、ぼくは駆け出しの新聞記者でまだ青二才だった。

(as) mad as a wet hen かんかんに怒って

Mom was as mad as a wet hen when she found we had eaten the pie. ぼくたちがパイを食べてしまったことを知ってお母さんはかんかんに怒っていた。

be all wet びしょぬれである、(意見、考え、見方などが)完全に間違っている

You're all wet. If you don't change your clothes, you'll catch cold. びしょ濡れじゃない。洋服を着替えないと風邪をひくわよ。

When Columbus claimed the world was round, people thought he was all wet.コロンブスが地球は丸いと主張したとき、人々はまったく間違っていると思った。

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