H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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Contents of H:
[hard-fisted] {adj.}
1. Able to do hard physical labor; strong.
Jack's uncle was a hard-fisted truck driver with muscles of steel.
2. Not gentle or easy-going; tough; stern.
* /The new teacher was a hard-fisted woman who would allow no […]
[hard going] {adj. phr.}
Fraught with difficulty.
Dave finds his studies of math hard going.
[hardheaded] {adj.}
Stubborn; shrewd; practical.
Don is a hardheaded businessman who made lots of money, even during the recession.
[hardhearted] {adj.}
Unsympathetic; merciless.
Jack is so hardhearted that even his own children expect nothing from him.
[hard-hitting] {adj.}
Working hard to get things done; strong and active; stubbornly eager.
The boys put on a hard-hitting drive to raise money for uniforms for the football team.
He is a hard-hitting and successful football coach.
[hard line] {n. phr.}
Tough political policy.
Although modern economists were trying to persuade him to open up to the West, Castro has always taken the hard line approach.
[hardly any] or [scarcely any]
Almost no or almost none; very few.
Hardly any of the students did well on the test, so the teacher explained the lesson again.
* /Charles and his friends each had three cookies, and when they went out, hardly any […]
[hardly ever] or [scarcely ever] {adv. phr.}
Very rarely; almost never; seldom.
It hardly ever snows in Florida.
Johnny hardly ever reads a book.