H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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Contents of H:
[hard-boiled] {adj.}
Unrefined; tough; merciless.
"Because you were two minutes late," my hard-boiled boss cried, "I will deduct fifteen minutes worth from your salary!"
[hard-fisted] {adj.}
1. Able to do hard physical labor; strong.
Jack's uncle was a hard-fisted truck driver with muscles of steel.
2. Not gentle or easy-going; tough; stern.
* /The new teacher was a hard-fisted woman who would allow no […]
[hard-hitting] {adj.}
Working hard to get things done; strong and active; stubbornly eager.
The boys put on a hard-hitting drive to raise money for uniforms for the football team.
He is a hard-hitting and successful football coach.
[hard-nosed] {adj.}, {slang}
Tough or rugged; very strict; not weak or soft; stubborn, especially in a fight or contest.
Joe's father was a hard-nosed army officer who had seen service in two wars.
* /Pete is a good boy; he plays hard-nosed […]
[hard-top] {n.}
1. A car that has a metal roof; a car that is not a convertible.
Every spring Mr. Jones sells his hard-top and buys a convertible.
2. or [hardtop convertible]
A car with windows that can be completely lowered with no partitions […]
[hardheaded] {adj.}
Stubborn; shrewd; practical.
Don is a hardheaded businessman who made lots of money, even during the recession.
[hardhearted] {adj.}
Unsympathetic; merciless.
Jack is so hardhearted that even his own children expect nothing from him.
[hardly any] or [scarcely any]
Almost no or almost none; very few.
Hardly any of the students did well on the test, so the teacher explained the lesson again.
* /Charles and his friends each had three cookies, and when they went out, hardly any […]