H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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Contents of H:
[hands down] {adv.}, {informal}
1. Without working hard; easily.
The Rangers won the game hands down.
2. Without question or doubt; without any opposition; plainly.
Johnny was bands down the best player on the team.
[hands off] {informal}
Keep your hands off or do not interfere; leave that alone. — Used as a command.
I was going to touch the machine, but the man cried, "Hands off!" and I let it alone.
[hands up] {informal}
Hold up your hands! Put your hands up high and keep them there! — Used as a command.
The sheriff pointed his gun at the outlaws and called out, "Hands up!"
Syn.: [REACH FOR THE SKY].
[hands-down] {adj.}, {informal}
1. Easy.
The Rangers won a hands-down victory in the tournament.
2. Unopposed; first; clear.
Johnny was the hands-down favorite for president of the class.
[hands-off] {adj.}, {informal}
Leaving alone, not interfering; inactive.
The United States told the European governments to follow a hands-off policy toward Latin America.
* /I did not approve of his actions, but I have a hands-off rule in […]
[handsome is as handsome does] {informal}
A person must act well and generously so that he will be truly worth respecting. — A proverb.
Everyone thinks that Bon is a very handsome boy, but he is very mean too. Handsome is as handsome does.
[…]
[handwriting on the wall] {n. phr.}
A sign that something bad will happen.
When Bill's team lost four games in a row, he saw the handwriting on the wall.
* /John's employer had less and less work for him; John could read the handwriting on the […]
[hang]
See:
[GO HANG],
[GIVE A HANG] or [CARE A HANG],
[GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE],
[AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF],
[LEAVE HANGING] or [LEAVE HANGING IN THE AIR].
[hang around] {v.}, {informal}
1. To pass time or stay near without any real purpose or aim; loaf near or in.
The principal warned the students not to hang around the corner drugstore after school.
Compare: [HANG OUT] (1).
2. To spend time or […]
[hang back] or [hang off] or [hang behind] {v. phr.}
1. To stay some distance behind or away, be unwilling to move forward.
Mary offered the little girl candy, but she was shy and hung back.
2. To hesitate or be unwilling to do something.
* /Lou […]