H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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Contents of H:
[high-handed] {adj.}
Depending on force rather than right; bossy; dictatorial.
With high-handed daring, John helped himself to the best food on the table.
Mr. Smith was a high-handed tyrant in his office.
[high-hat] (1) {adj.}, {slang}
Treating others as inferior; acting above others.
It was an expensive place to eat, and the customers were likely to be a little high-hat.
Jones acted high-hat toward anyone poorer than he.
[high-hat] (2) {v.}, {slang}
To treat others as inferior; look down on.
After she had married a rich man, Mary high-hatted her former friends.
"Don't high-hat me," Fred warned, when Harry began to walk away as if he didn't know him.
Compare: […]
[high-sounding] {adj.}
Sounding important; said for showing off; too fancy.
The politician's speech was full of high-sounding words.
Mr. Brown filled his son with many high-sounding ideas about life.
[high-strung] {adj.}
Nervous; sensitive; tense.
Gary has been rather high-strung lately because of too much work at the office.
[highbrow] {adj.}
Very well educated or even over-educated; belonging to the educated middle class; sophisticated.
Certain novels are not for everyone and are considered as highbrow entertainment.
Contrast: [LOW BROW].
[higher education] {n.}
Schooling after graduation from high school, especially in a college or university.
Tom plans to get his higher education at the state university.
[higher-up] {n.}, {informal}
One of the people who has one of the more important positions in an organization; an important official.
The teacher's problem was discussed by the higher-ups.
* /The local officers of the scout group approved the […]
[hightail it] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To travel fast; move rapidly.
After school, Frank would hightail it home.
The two men who held up the bank hightailed it out of town.