H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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[honest broker] {n. phr.}
A person hired or appointed to act as an agent in a legal, business, or political situation where impartial advice is needed in order to settle a dispute.
* /Michael has been asked to act as an honest broker to settle the […]
[honest to goodness] or [honest to God] {adj. phr.}, {informal}
Really; truly; honestly. — Used to emphasize something said.
When we were in Washington, we saw the President, honest to goodness.
* /"Honest to goodness, Jane, I think you are the […]
[honeymoon is over]
The first happy period of friendship and cooperation between two persons or groups is over.
A few months after a new President is elected, the honeymoon is over and Congress and the President begin to criticize each other.
* […]
[honky-tonk] {n.}
A cheap nightclub or dance hall.
There were a number of honky-tonks near the army camp.
[hook]
See:
[BY HOOK OR BY CROOK],
[GET THE HOOK] at [GET THE BOUNCE] (2),
[GIVE THE HOOK] at [GIVE THE BOUNCE] (2),
[OFF THE HOOK].
[hook up] {v. phr.}
To connect or fit together.
The company sent a man to hook up the telephone.
They could not use the gas stove because it had not been hooked up.
[hook, line and sinker] {adv. phr.}, {informal}
Without question or doubt; completely.
Johnny was so easily fooled that he fell for Joe's story, hook, line and sinker.
* /Mary was such a romantic girl that she swallowed the story Alice told her […]
[hooked on] {adj.}
1. Addicted to a substance such as cigarettes, coffee, tea, drugs, or alcohol.
Fred is hooked on grass, but Tim is only hooked on tea.
2. Enthusiastic or very supportive of something.
I am hooked on the local symphony.