leave someone high and dry
- leave someone high and dry
leave someone high and dry
1. Lit. [for water] to recede and leave someone untouched. •
The waters receded and left us high and dry.
2. Fig. to leave someone unsupported and unable to maneuver; to leave someone helpless. •
All my workers quit and left me high and dry.
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All the children ran away and left Billy high and dry to take the blame for the broken window.
3. Fig. to leave someone
flat broke. •
Mrs. Franklin took all the money out of the bank and left Mr. Franklin high and dry.
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Paying the bills always leaves me high and dry.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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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
leave someone high and dry — 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 … English dictionary
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 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 someone in the lurch — LEAVE IN TROUBLE, let down, leave stranded, leave high and dry, abandon, desert. → leave * * * leave someone in the lurch To leave someone in a difficult situation without help • • • Main Entry: ↑lurch * * * leave someone in the lurch phrase to… … Useful english dictionary
leave someone in the lurch — Wally talked us into taking part in the protest, and then he just left us in the lurch Syn: leave in trouble, let down, leave stranded, leave high and dry, abandon, desert … Thesaurus of popular words
leave — leave1 [ liv ] (past tense and past participle left [ left ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 go away from place ▸ 2 go away permanently ▸ 3 stop working for someone etc. ▸ 4 put something somewhere ▸ 5 make something that remains ▸ 6 make someone feel/think ▸ 7… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
leave — I UK [liːv] / US [lɪv] verb Word forms leave : present tense I/you/we/they leave he/she/it leaves present participle leaving past tense left UK [left] / US past participle left *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to go away from a place We left… … English dictionary
dry — dry1 W2S2 [draı] adj comparative drier superlative driest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not wet)¦ 2¦(weather)¦ 3 dry mouth/skin/lips/hair etc 4 run/go dry 5¦(humour)¦ 6¦(boring)¦ 7 dry cough 8 dry wine/sherr … Dictionary of contemporary English
