He was hungry for knowledge and absorbed it like a dry sponge.

Like a dry sponge, he soaked up his natural measure of years.

She absorbed the emotions of the people around her like a dry sponge soaking up water.

Think of a very dry sponge such as used for washing dishes.

But it was Leah who had soaked up all the nature talk like a dry sponge.

I can feel myself moppin' it up like a dry sponge.

My mind absorbed this knowledge like a dry sponge absorbs water.

She was like a dry sponge waiting to absorb whatever liquid knowledge he could give her.

And then she was on him like warm water on a dry sponge.

Filliou says it happened when someone dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water.