After drilling eight dry holes in 2002, the crew gave up.
Sounds to me like you're digging a dry hole, Doctor.
I just kept thinking my entire life was a big dry hole.
On Young's land was drilled the first dry hole in the history of the field!
After 12 dry holes, Jones finally hit oil in 1867.
The chances were a thousand to one that it was a dry hole.
Production began to decline sharply in 1915, and more dry holes were reported.
Finally, after years of dry holes, I had given them something to work with.
White House officials said that the personal allegations had hit "a dry hole."
We had a little bit of a dry hole a couple of years ago.
