H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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Contents of H:
[hookup] {n.}
A connection, electrical or otherwise, between two instruments or two individuals.
Edwin and Hermione are a perfect couple; they have got the right hookup.
[hop to it] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To get started; start a job; get going.
"There's a lot to do today, so let's hop to it," the boss said.
[hope against hope] {v. phr.}
To try to hope when things look black; hold to hope in bad trouble.
The mother continued to hope against hope although the plane was hours late.
Jane hoped against hope that Joe would call her.
[hopped up] {adj.}, {slang}
1. Doped with a narcotic drug.
Police found Jones hiding in an opium den, among other men all hopped up with the drug.
2. Full of eagerness; excited.
Fred was all hopped up about going over the ocean.
[horn]
See:
[BLOW ONE'S OWN HORN] or [TOOT ONE'S OWN HORN],
[PULL IN ONE'S HORNS] or [DRAW IN ONE'S HORNS],
[TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS].