leave high and dry

leave high and dry
See: HIGH AND DRY.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • leave high and dry — leave (you) high and dry to leave you alone and without any help. We were left high and dry, without any money or credit cards …   New idioms dictionary

  • leave high and dry — leave (someone) high and dry to put someone in a very difficult situation which they have no way of making better. The stock market crash left us high and dry with debts of over Ј200 000 …   New idioms dictionary

  • leave high and dry — See: HIGH AND DRY …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • leave\ high\ and\ dry — See: high and dry …   Словарь американских идиом

  • leave high and dry —    If you are left high and dry, you find yourself in a difficult situation without help or resources.     When her husband walked out on her, Amanda was left high and dry with two kids to raise …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • high and dry — {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. Up above the water; beyond the reach of splashing or waves. * /Mary was afraid she had left her towel where the tide would reach it, but she found it high and dry./ * /When the tide went out the boat was high and dry./ 2 …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • high and dry — {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. Up above the water; beyond the reach of splashing or waves. * /Mary was afraid she had left her towel where the tide would reach it, but she found it high and dry./ * /When the tide went out the boat was high and dry./ 2 …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • leave you high and dry — leave (you) high and dry to leave you alone and without any help. We were left high and dry, without any money or credit cards …   New idioms dictionary

  • leave someone high and dry — phrase to put someone in a very difficult or unpleasant situation that they cannot escape from By switching to cheaper overseas suppliers they have left us high and dry. Thesaurus: to cause problems for someone or somethingsynonym Main entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • leave someone high and dry — leave (someone) high and dry to put someone in a very difficult situation which they have no way of making better. The stock market crash left us high and dry with debts of over Ј200 000 …   New idioms dictionary

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