market is dry

[Mobin Shabani]

Hi everyone,

I heard the following phrase from a non-native speaker. She said "the market is dry now".

She meant there is not a lot of buying and selling due to a recession. She was in real estate business.

I was wondering if this phrase is used by native speakers. if not, what do they use if there is not much activity in buying and selling in a particular market?

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forum.

I'm an elderly British English speaker and I've never seen or heard that.

I have heard of markets being slow.

 

[Mobin Shabani]

Welcome to the forum.

I'm an elderly British English speaker and I've never seen or heard that.

I have heard of markets being slow.

Thank you.

 

[emsr2d2]

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