H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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[happy as the day is long] {adj. phr.}
Cheerful and happy.
Carl is happy as the day is long because school is over for the summer.
[happy hour] {n.}, {informal}
A time in bars or restaurants when cocktails are served at a reduced rate, usually one hour before they start serving dinner.
Happy hour is between 6 and 7 P.M. at Celestial Gardens.
[happy hunting ground] {n. phr.}
1. The place where, in American Indian belief, a person goes after death; heaven.
The Indians believed that at death they went to the happy hunting ground.
2. {informal} A place or area where you can find a rich […]
[hard-and-fast] {adj.}
Not to be broken or changed; fixed; strict.
The teacher said that there was a hard-and-fast rule against smoking in the school.
[hard as nails] {adj. phr.}, {informal}
1. Not flabby or soft; physically very fit; tough and strong.
After a summer of work in the country, Jack was as hard as nails, without a pound of extra weight.
2. Not gentle or mild; rough; stern.
* […]
[hard-boiled] {adj.}
Unrefined; tough; merciless.
"Because you were two minutes late," my hard-boiled boss cried, "I will deduct fifteen minutes worth from your salary!"
[hard feeling] {n.}
Angry or bitter feeling; enmity. — Usually used in the plural.
Jim asked Andy to shake hands with him, just to show that there were no hard feelings.
* /Bob and George once quarreled over a girl, and there are still hard […]