Saturday 30 April 2011

idiomatic Phrases

Hold all the aces: To be in a very advantageous position.

Hold the fort: To look after or take care of something while the responsible person is away.

Hold your horses: When someone tells you this, it means you are going too fast and need to slow down.

Hold your own: To compete or perform as well as others can.

Hold your tongue: To remain silent despite the urge to speak up.

Holier-than-thou: To believe to be holier-than-thou is to believe to be morally superior to others.

Honour among thieves: Even corrupt and bad people have a sense or code of honour/justice that they follow in their dealings with one another.

Holy smoke!: An expression of surprise.

Home and hearth: Warmth and security.

Hope against hope: To hope for something even when there is little hope or chance.
Hope in hell: When something does not stand a chance of being successful.

Hornet’s nest: To stir a hornet’s nest is to start something that causes a lot of disruption and disturbance.

Hot potato: A controversial issue that no one wants to deal with.

Hot under the collar: To be angry or disturbed.

House of cards: Something that is very weak and can easily collapse.

Humming and harring: To be humming and harring is to be unable to make up your mind about something.

Hunky Dory: When something is hunky dory, it is absolutely fine and satisfactory

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