Trempé comme une soupe

Expression: Trempé comme une soupe

Pronunciation: [tra(n) pay kuh moon soop]

Meaning: To be soaking wet

Literal translation: To be soaked like a soup

Register: Informal

Notes: The French expression trempé comme une soupe is a funny one. Trempé means "soaked" or "drenched," which is fine, but why like a soup? Does that mean the person is as wet as a bowl of soup, and if so, why not a glass of water? Seems like a bowl of soup would be hot, whereas someone who is soaking wet is usually cold. Or does it mean that the person is soaked like a piece of meat in the soup, as in "You're so wet, we could eat you (and the water you're in) as soup"? Either way, I like this expression more than its synonym trempé jusqu'aux os.

Example:
   Ne marche pas sur le tapis - tu es trempé comme une soupe !
   Don't walk on the rug - you're soaking wet!


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