H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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Contents of H:
[heavenly days!] {interj.}, {informal}
Exclamation of amazement and disbelief with negative coloring.
Heavenly days! Look what happened! The dog did it again on the Persian carpet!
Compare: [GOOD GRIEF!]
[heavy heart] {n. phr.}
A feeling of being weighed down with sorrow; unhappiness.
They had very heavy hearts as they went to the funeral.
[heavy-duty] {adj.}
Made for long or hard use; very strong.
The lumberman used heavy-duty trucks for hauling logs down the mountains.
The workers in the steel mill have heavy-duty gloves for handling hot steel.
* /Mrs. Carlson bought a […]
[heavy-footed] {adj.}
1. Slow and clumsy in walking or movement; awkward in using your feet.
The fat man tried to dance, but he was too heavy-footed.
Martha is not fat, but she is heavy-footed and walks noisily.
2. Awkward in choice and order […]
[heavy-handed] {adj.}
1. Not skillful or graceful; clumsy.
George is heavy-handed and seldom catches the ball.
My sister plays the piano badly; she is too heavy-handed.
* /Tim told a heavy-handed joke about the principal's baldness that […]