hums
Persons at church. There is a great number of hums in the autem; there is a great congregation in the church.
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Expressions you’ll hear in Britain and Ireland — distinctly British usage first, then widespread staples.
hunch
To shove, or jostle.
hung beef
A dried bull's pizzle. How the dubber served the cull with hung beef; how the turnkey beat the fellow with a bull's pizzle.
hunks
A covetous miserable fellow, a miser; also the name of a famous bear mentioned by Ben Jonson.
hunks
A miserly fellow, a curmudgeon.
hunky
An American term which means good, jolly, &c. As, "a HUNKY boy," a good jovial fellow; and "everything went off HUNKY."
hunter pitching
The game of cockshies—three throws a penny.—See COCKSHY.
hunting
Drawing in unwary persons to play or game. CANT.
hunting the squirrel
An amusement practised by postboys and stage-coachmen, which consists in following a one-horse chaise, and driving it before them, passing close to it, so as to brush the wheel, and by other means terrifying any woman or person that may be in it. A man whose turn comes for him to drink, before he has emptied his former glass, is said to be hunted.
huntsup
The reveillier of huntsmen, sounded on the French horn, or other instrument.
hurdy gurdy
A kind of fiddle, originally made perhaps out of a gourd. See HUMSTRUM.
hurdy-gurdy
A droning musical instrument shaped like a large fiddle, and turned by a crank, used by Savoyards and other itinerant foreign musicians in England, now nearly superseded by the hand-organ. From the peculiar noise made by the instrument, which in Italy is called "viola."
hurkaru
A messenger.—Anglo-Indian.
hurly burly
A rout, riot, bustle or confusion.
hush
Hush the cull; murder the fellow.
hush money
Money given to hush up or conceal a robbery, theft, or any other offence, or to take off the evidence from appearing against a criminal.
hush-money
A sum given to quash a prosecution or stay evidence. Money given to any one for the purpose of quieting him.
hush-shop
Or CRIB, a shop where beer and spirits are sold "on the quiet"—no licence being paid.
huskylour
A guinea, or job. Cant.
hussy
An abbreviation of housewife, but now always used as a term of reproach; as, How now, hussy? or She is a light hussy.
huxter
Money. Term much in use among costermongers and low sharpers. Probably from OXTER or HOXTER.
huzza
Said to have been originally the cry of the huzzars or Hungarian light horse; but now the national shout of the English, both civil and military, in the sea phrase termed a cheer; to give three cheers being to huzza thrice.
hy-yaw!
An interjectional exclamation of astonishment.—Anglo-Chinese.
hyp
The hypochondriac: low spirits. He is hypped; he has got the blue devils, &c.
hyps
Or HYPO, the blue devils. From HYPOCHONDRIASIS.—Swift.
hand in glove
In association or collusion.
hand to mouth
Satisfying only your immediate needs because of lack of money.
hang by a thread
In a highly precarious situation.
hard as nails
Insensitive.
have a blast
To have a good time; to enjoy oneself.
have a go
Make an attempt.
have an eye for
Be able to recognize and make good judgment about something.
have eyes bigger than one's stomach
To have asked for or taken more of something (especially food) than one is actually capable of handling (or eating).
have eyes in the back of one's head
To be able to perceive things and events that are outside of one's field of vision.
have it both ways
Benefit from two incompatible ways of thinking or behaving.
have the hots for
Find attractive.
head over heels
Be smitten, infatuated.
head start
Starting advantage.
heads will roll
There will be some people dismissed or disgraced.
heard it through the grapevine
To have learned something through gossip, hearsay, or a rumor.
heart and soul
Great enthusiasm or the core.
heart of gold
Generous nature.
hearts and minds
Used in reference to emotional and intellectual support.
high and mighty
Important and influential.
hit the big time
Become successful.
hit the ceiling
To become enraged, possibly in an overreaction.
hit the ground running
Start something and proceed at a fast pace with enthusiasm.
hit the jackpot
Have great or unexpected success.
hit the nail on the head
To describe a situation or problem exactly right.
hit the road
To leave; start a journey.
hit the spot
To be particularly pleasing or appropriate; to be just right.
hold all the cards
To control a situation; to be the one making the decisions.
hold court
Be the centre of attention amidst a crowd.
home and dry
Successful in achieving your objective.
hook, line and sinker
To be completely fooled by a deception.
horses for courses
Different people are suited to different things or situations.
hot air
Empty talk that is intended to impress.
hack and slash
a style of gaming or fiction involving violent combat
hack it
to manage or cope with something
had better
should do something to avoid trouble or problems