H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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Contents of H:
[highway robbery] {n. phr.}
1. A hold-up of or theft from a person committed on an open road or street usually by an armed man.
Highway robbery was common in England in Shakespeare's day.
2. An extremely high price or charge; a profiteer's […]
[hill]
See:
[GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE] or
[GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL],
[HEAD FOR THE HILLS].
[hinge on] or [hinge upon] {v.}
To depend on as decisive: be decided by.
In a dictatorship, everything hinges on one man.
A tobacco grower's income for the year may hinge on what the weather is like in a few summer weeks.
[hired man] {n. phr.}
A man employed to do jobs every day about a house or farm.
The hired man was sick, and a lot of the daily chores were not done.
[hire out] {v.}, {informal}
1. To accept a job; take employment.
Frank hired out as a saxophonist with a dance band.
2. To rent (as owner).
John used to hire out his tractor sometimes when he didn't need it himself.
[hit-and-run] {adj.}
1. Of or about an accident after which a motorist drives away without giving his name and offering help.
Judges are stern with hit-and-run drivers.
2. Striking suddenly and leaving quickly.
* /The bandits often made […]