in trockenen Tüchern

== German == === Etymology === Literally, “in dry sheets”, perhaps from childbirth, which is only complete when the baby has been washed and wrapped in dry sheets. In common use since the early 1980s. === Pronunciation === === Adverb === in trockenen Tüchern (idiomatic, of a contract etc.) final; safe; in the bag; said and done === References === === Further reading === “in trockenen Tüchern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “in trockenen Tüchern”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–