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Идиомы на букву H

• hell and high water
  испытать неприятности и трудности;

  The life-guards went through hell and high water trying to save the people in the rough sea.
• high and dry
  отвергнутый, покинутый

  Joe had been working for their firm for many years, but they left him high and dry when they moved the business to Spain.
• high and low
  везде, повсюду

  I was looking high and low for my car keys, but then I remember that my son had taken my car to work.
• high life
  роскошная жизнь

  Ms. Bonfire had been living the high life when her husband left her for a younger woman.
• high man on the totem pole
  глава организации

  My husband is the high man on the totem pole in his office.
• high on (something)
  быть одурманенным чем-либо

  When the police finally arrested him, the young man was high on cocaine.
• high seas
  открытое море, океан

  Captain Alison likes to sail on the high seas.
• high-and-mighty
  высокомерный, надменный

  Zena always acts high-and-mighty as if she were the boss.
• high-handed
  любящий распоряжаться, властный

  A teacher shouldn't take a high-handed approach when dealing with her pupils.
• hit the high spots
  затрагивать, рассматривать лишь самое важное

  "I want you to hit the high spots in your speech and talk only about important matters."
• hold (someone) in high regard
  относиться к кому-либо с большим уважением

  All of the patients in the hospital hold the chief doctor in high regard.
• hunt high and low for (someone or something)
  искать везде кого-либо \ что-либо

  I have been hunting high and low for a good English textbook. Alas! I was out of luck.