H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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Contents of H:
[head up] {v.}, {informal}
1. To be at the head or front of.
The elephants headed up the whole parade.
2. To be the leader or boss of.
Mr. Jones will head up the new business.
* /The class planned a candy sale, and they elected Mary to head […]
[heap coals of fire on one's head] {v. phr.}, {literary}
To be kind or helpful to someone who has done wrong to you, so that he is ashamed.
Alice heaped coals of fire on Mary's head by inviting her to a party after Mary had gossiped about her.
* […]
[hear a pin drop] {v. phr.}
Absolute silence.
It's so quiet in the room you could hear a pin drop.
[heart]
See:
[AFTER ONE'S OWN HEART],
[AT HEART],
[EAT ONE'S HEART OUT],
[BREAK ONE'S HEART],
[BY HEART],
[CHANGE OF HEART],
[CROSS ONE'S HEART],
[DO ONE GOOD] or [DO ONE'S HEART GOOD],
[FIND IT IN ONE'S HEART],
[FROM THE BOTTOM OF ONE'S HEART] […]
[heartbreaker] {n.}
One with numerous admirers of the opposite sex; one with whom others fall in love readily.
Tom, who has four girls in love with him at college, has developed the reputation of being a heartbreaker.
[heart and soul] (1) {n.}
Eager love; strong feeling; great enthusiasm. Often used with a singular verb.
When Mr. Pitt plays the piano, his heart and soul is in it.
John plays tennis badly, but with heart and soul.
* /Mary wanted a puppy with […]
[heart and soul] (2) {adv.}
Wholly and eagerly; with all one's interest and strength; completely.
Will you try to make our city a better place? Then we are with you heart and soul.
Mike was heart and soul against the new rules.
Compare: [BODY […]