H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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Contents of H:
[holdup] {n.}
1. Robbery.
John fell victim to a highway holdup.
2. A delay, as on a crowded highway.
Boy we're late! What's causing this holdup?
[hole]
See:
[ACE IN THE HOLE],
[BURN A HOLE IN ONE'S POCKET],
[IN A HOLE] or [IN A SPOT],
[IN THE HOLE],
[OUT OF THE HOLE],
[SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE].
[hole in one] {n. phr.}
A shot in golf that is hit from the tee and goes right into the cup.
Many golfers play for years before they get a hole in one.
[hole out] {v.}
To finish play in golf by hitting the ball into the cup.
The other players waited for Palmer to hole out before they putted.
[hole up] also [hole in] {v.}, {slang}
To take refuge or shelter; put up; lodge.
After a day's motoring, Harry found a room for rent and holed up for the night.
The thief holed up at an abandoned farm.
* /"Let's hole in," said Father as we […]
[hole-in-the-wall] {n. phr.}
A small place to live, stay in, or work in; a small, hidden, or inferior place.
The jewelry store occupied a tiny hole-in-the-wall.
* /When Mr. and Mrs. Green were first married, they lived in a little hole-in-fhe-wall […]
[holier-than-thou] {adj.}
Acting as if you are better than others in goodness, character, or reverence for God; acting as if morally better than other people.
Most people find holier-than-thou actions in others hard to accept.
* /After Mr. Howard […]
[holistic health] {n.}, {informal}, {semi-technical}
The maintenance of health and the avoidance of disease through such psychogenic practices and procedures as biofeedback, meditation, alternative methods of childbirth, and avoidance of drugs.
* /The […]