high living
Luxurious and extravagant lifestyle
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high noon
The most critical or decisive moment
high on the hog
Living a life of luxury and prosperity
high on the totem pole
Having a high rank or position of authority
high places
In the Authorized Version of the Scriptures this is a literal translation of the Hebrew bamah, but actually the word was applied to a tribal or village place of worship because such were usually on hilltops or rises in the ground. Such sites usually had a stele, the seat of the local god, and a wooden pole, itself an object of worship and often trans- lated in the Old Testament as a "grove.
high road
To take the moral or ethical course of action
high ropes
To be on the high ropes; to be in a passion.
high school
a school for students in early adolescence
high seas
All the sea which is not the property of a particular country. The sea up to three miles out from the coast belongs to the country, and is called "territorial waters." High seas, like high-ways, means for public use. In both cases the word high means "chief," "principal." (Lat. ahum, "the main sea**; altus, "high.
high strangeness
Bizarre or unexplainable events
high street
main street of a town, lined with shops and businesses
high summer
The hottest and most sunny part of summer
high tea
A meal served about the usual teatime which includes besides tea, fish, cold meats, pastry, etc. It is common in Scotland and the North of England, and generally in agricultural communities.
high time
Overdue.
high water
It is high water, with him; he is full of money.
high-flier
Anything above the common order. Apt students, fast coaches, and special trains are sufficient instances of the extreme openness of the qualification.
high-fly
"ON THE HIGH-FLY," on the genteel or letter-bearing begging system.
high-flyer
A genteel beggar or swindler. A begging-letter impostor.
high-lows
Laced boots reaching a trifle higher than ankle-jacks.
high-post
Stylish, sophisticated.
high-risk, high-reward
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
high-strikes
Corruption of Hysterics.
higher education
Education beyond high school, typically at a university or college
higher than a kite
Extremely happy or excited
highfalutin’
Showy, affected, tinselled, affecting certain pompous or fashionable airs, stuck up; "come, none of yer HIGHFALUTIN’ games," i.e., you must not show off or imitate the swell here.—American slang, now common in Liverpool and the East-end of London. From the Dutch, VERLOOTEN. Used generally now in the sense of fustian, high-sounding, unmeaning eloquence, bombast.
highland bail
Fists and cuffs; to escape the constable by knocking him down with the aid of a companion.
Highland Mary
The most shadowy of Robert Burns's sweethearts, but the one to whom he addressed some of his finest poetry, including "My Highland Lassie, O," "High- land Mary" ("Ye banks and braes and streams around the castle o' Montgomery"), "Thou Ling'ring Star," and — perhaps — "Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary?
highway robbery
excessive or unfair pricing
hike
To hike off; to run away. CANT.
hike the Appalachian Trail
undertake a challenging and ambitious endeavor
hike up
to pull or lift something up
hill and dale
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
hill folk
So Scott calls the Cameronian Scottish Covenanters, who met clandestinely among the hills. Sometimes the Covenanters generally are so called.
hill to die on
An issue worth fighting for to the end
hills and valleys
Ups and downs in life or a situation
Hilton's Lost Horizon
In World War II the name was applied to the secret air base used by the U.S.A. Air Force for the great attack on Japan.
him and her
a man and a woman, especially a couple
him's
his
himself not being seen
To this he subse- quently adds another reason, saying, "The Egyptians worship God symbolically in the crocodile, that being the only animal without a tongue, like the Divine Logos, which standeth not m need of speech." (De hide et O stride, vol. 11, p. 381.
hind leg
To kick out a hind leg; to make a rustic bow.
hind tit
the last or worst part of something
hindsight is 20/20
It is easy to understand or see something after it has happened
hindsight is always twenty-twenty
It is easy to understand or see things clearly after they have happened
hindu sculpture
It should not be confused with Elephantine Island, in the Nile, off" Assouan, from which sprang the kings of the
Hindustan Regiment
See REGIMENTAL NICKNAMES. Hinny. See MULE.
hinney, my honey
A north country hinney, particularly a Northumbrian: in that county, hinney is the general term of endearment.
Hipfocratean School
The "Dogmatic" school of medicine, founded by Hippocrates. See EMPIRICS.
hipped
Aware, informed.
hipped
Bored, offended, crossed, low-spirited, &c. This may have been originally hypped, and have had some connexion with hypochondriacal affections.
hippocratic oath
A code of ethics governing the profession and sworn to by physicians upon taking a doctor's degree. The oath relates particularly to the inviolability of secrecy concerning any communication made by a patient in the course of consultation, and en- joins the absolute integrity essential in dealing with problems arising from a patient's confes- sion or revelation.
hire and fire
Have complete control over employing and dismissing staff
hired gun
A skilled expert hired to do a specific job
hired muscle
People hired to intimidate or use physical force
his and hers
Belonging to or for the use of both a male and a female
his bark is worse than his bite. (17th century)
Someone is less harmful than they seem to be.
his best work to date
Someone's most accomplished or successful work so far
his days are numbered
They are drawing to a close; he is near death. God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. — Dan. v, 26.
his fingers are all thumbs
Said of a person awkward in the use of his hands.
his geese are swans
He sees-things in too rosy a light, is too pleased with his own doings and his own possessions.
his heart sank into his boots
In Latin, Cor illi in genua decidit. In French, Avoir la peur au ventre. The last two phrases are very expressive: Fear makes the knees shake, and it gives one a stomach ache ; but the English phrase suggests that his heart or spirits sank as low as possible short of absolutely deserting him.
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