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Run Thin (To)

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To start from a bargain. When liquor runs thin it indicates that the cask is nearly empty.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ruminate
Rumolt
Rump-fed
Rump Parliament
Rumpelstilzchen [Rumple-stilts-skin]
Rumping Dozen
Run
Run Amuck
Run a Rig (To)
Run Riot (To)
Run Thin (To)
Run a Man Down (To)
Run of the House (The)
Runs
Runs may Read (He that)
Running
Running Footman
Running Leather
Running Thursday
Running Water
Running the Hood