hang a uey
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Browse all entries 3456
All languages English Tiếng Việt
hang an arse
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hang around
to stay or linger in a place
hang gallows look
A thievish, or villainous appearance.
hang heavy
to have a strong and unpleasant effect
hang in
to persevere or persist
hang in chains
A vile, desperate fellow. Persons guilty of murder, or other atrocious crimes, are frequently, after execution, hanged on a gibbet, to which they are fastened by iron bandages; the gibbet is commonly placed on or near the place where the crime was committed.
hang in the balance
To be in a state of uncertainty or undecided outcome
hang it up
Score it up: speaking of a reckoning.
hang low
to be or feel depressed
hang on
to wait or be patient for a short time
hang on every word
Listen very closely and attentively to what someone is saying
hang one's hat
to make a place one's home or headquarters
hang onto
to keep
hang out
spend time relaxing with someone
hang out one's shingle
To open or start a business or practice
hang out to dry
to abandon or leave someone in a difficult situation
hang over someone's head
To threaten or intimidate someone with a potential punishment or consequence
hang the moon
to do something extremely well or impressively
hang tight
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hang together
remain united and supportive
hang tough
to remain strong and determined despite difficulties
hang up
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hang up
To rob with violence, to garrotte. Most likely from throttling associations in connexion with the practice of garrotting.
hang up one's boots
to retire from a job or activity
hang up one's fiddle
to give up or retire from a profession or activity
hang up one's hat
to retire or stop working
hang upon
to depend or rely on something
hang with
To spend time with; to hang out with; to socialize with.
hangar queen
An aircraft that is frequently in repair or maintenance
hangdog look
A guilty, shame-faced look. Hanging Gardens of Babylon. A square garden (according to Diodorus Siculus), 400 ft. each way, rising in a series of terraces from the river in the northern part of Babylon, and pro- vided with earth to a sufficient ^ depth to accommodate trees of a great size.
hanging
In difficulties. A man who is in great straits, and who is, therefore, prepared to do anything desperate to retrieve his fortunes, is said, among sporting men, to be "a man HANGING," i.e., a man to whom any change must be for the better.
hanging offence
an offence or mistake so serious it warrants severe punishment
hank
He has a hank on him; i.e. an ascendancy over him, or a hold upon him. A Smithfield hank; an ox, rendered furious by overdriving and barbarous treatment. See BULL HANK.
hanker
To hanker after any thing; to have a longing after or for it.
Hankey Pankey
Jugglery, fraud. The word is probably a variation of Hocus Pocus.
hannah
"that’s the man as married HANNAH," a Salopian phrase to express a matter begun or ended satisfactorily. Meaning actually, "that’s the thing."
hans in kelder
Jack in the cellar, i.e. the child in the womb: a health frequently drank to breeding women or their husbands.
Hanse Towns
The maritime cities of Germany, which belonged to the Hanseatic League (q.v.).
Hanseatic League
The confeder- acy, first established in 1239, between certain cities of Northern Germany for their mutual prosperity and protection. The diet which used to be held every three years was called the Hansa (Old High German for Association), and the members of it Hansards.
hansel
Or HANDSEL, the lucky money, or first money taken in the morning by a pedlar.—Cocker’s Dictionary, 1724. "Legs of mutton (street term for sheep’s trotters, or feet) two for a penny; who’ll give me a HANSEL? who’ll give me a HANSEL?" Hence, earnest money, first-fruits, &c. In Norfolk, HANSELLING a thing is using it for the first time, as wearing a new coat, taking seisin of it, as it were. Danish, HANDSEL; Anglo-Saxon, HANDSELEN.
Hansel and Gretel
People who leave a trail to find their way back
Hanway Yard
It is said to have been painted by Hogarth, and shows a man carrying a woman and a lot of other impedimenta on his back.
happen along
to arrive or occur by chance
happen to somebody
Experience something, often unexpectedly
happily ever after
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
happy as a pig in mud
Completely happy and content
happy as a pig in shit
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
happy as a sandboy
Very happy.
happy chappy
A cheerful and contented person
happy family
The name given in travelling menageries to a collection of all sorts of animals of different and antagonistic habits living together peaceably. It is now more generally associated with a children's card game.
happy hour
Flowers.
happy landings
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
happy man be his dole
May his share or lot be that of a happy or fortunate man. Your father and my uncle have made motions* if it be my luck, so ; if not, happy man be his dole ! — Merry Wives, iii, 4.
happy medium
A balance between two extremes
happy panda
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
happy place
A state of mind or location that brings joy and comfort
happy with somebody
satisfied or content with someone
happy-go-lucky
Careless, indifferent as to the favours or reverses of fortune.
haramzadeh
A very general Indian term of contempt, signifying base-born.—Anglo-Indian.
Advertisement
Ad space — ads help keep Idiomer free. Premium will remove them.