| 单词 | high and dry |
| 释义 | high and drySEE SYNONYMS FOR high and dry ON THESAURUS.COM Stranded, as in They walked out on the party, leaving me high and dry. This expression originally alluded to a ship that had run aground or was in dry dock. Its figurative use dates from the late 1800s. Words nearby high and dryhiggledy-piggledy, higgler, Higgs boson, high, high altar, high and dry, high and low, high and mighty, High Arctic, high as a kite, highball The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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