Idioms & Expressions A-Z

"H"

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Hand in: 　; "Did you hand in your homework on time?"

Hand out: 　; "Please hand out these books for me. Thanks!"

Hands are full: 　; "Don’t you see my hands are full now? Don’t bother me. "

Hands are tied: 　; "The teacher really wished to change the rules but his hands are tied."

Hang around: 　; "I hung around the station for an hour but he never came."

Hang it (all)!: 　; "Hang it! My little brother took away my favorite CD without my permission!"

Hang on to it: 　; "Although the artists makes little money in the filmdom, they still hang on to it, hoping for an opportunity that will bring them wealth and fame."

Happy-go-lucky: 　; "Peter is very popular among his friends, because of his happy-go-lucky nature."

Hard nut to crack: 　; "This assignment is a hard nut to crack."

Hard of hearing: 　; "His grandfather is a little hard of hearing, so we have to talk to him loudly and with gestures."

Hard on somebody, be: 　; "Don't be too hard on him - he's new to the job."

Hard up (for something): 　; "Unemployment is rising and many families are hard up."

Hard-boiled egg: 　; "John is not very popular, because he is a hard-boiled egg."

Hard-hearted businessman: 　; "The world is so competitive, only the hard-hearted businessman can survive and become successful."

Have a ball: 　; "They have a ball of time at the birthday party."

Have a big mouth: 　; "To Charlotte, her sister has a big mouth."

Have a bite (of something): 　; "Can I have a bite of your delicious cake?"

Have a bone to pick with somebody: 　; "I heard that Tom is looking for Paul, because he has a bone to pick with him."

Have an ear for something: 　; "An ear for foreign languages is advantageous."

Have an eye for something: 　; "She has an eye for bargains."

Have a good time: 　; "Although I cannot go out with my friends due to work, I still wish them to have a good time."

Have a wise head on young shoulders: 　; "Mary’s friends like to talk to her because she has a wise head on young shoulders and often can give them good advice."

Have a heart: 　; "Have a heart! I am too exhausted to walk more!"

Have a nice trip: 　; "Have a nice trip! Canada is a good place to visit."

Have a screw loose: 　; "I think that woman has a screw loose - she goes out in her pajama and slippers."

Have a seat: 　; "Have a seat. Let’s talk about the problem and try to find a solution to it."

Have a surprise for somebody: 　; "Come on. I have a surprise for you."

Have a swelled head: 　; "Everyone avoids Henry, because he is pompous and has a swelled head."

Have fun: 　; "Have fun! I’ll take good care of your cats."

Have good/bad taste in something: 　; "Gimmy has good taste in wine."

Have had it: 　; "I have had it with their delays. Let's go by ourselves."

Have it both ways: 　; "Bill wants to have it both ways--to enjoy Christmas at home and to travel with his friends."

Have it out with somebody: 　; "She'd been late for work every morning that week and I thought I'd better have it out with her."

Have one's hair set: 　; "Amy had her hair set last Saturday."

Have one's own way: 　; "Don't always let the children have their own way."

not have a leg to stand on: 　; "If you don't sigh a contract, you won't have a leg to stand on."

Have some: 　; "You should at least have some, or you will not have enough energy to preside at the meeting."

Have had enough (of something/it): 　; "I have had enough of his stupid remarks."

Have (got) something on somebody: 　; "Bob is worried, because his friends have got something on him."

Have the face to do something: 　; "All his friends are surprised that he has the face to borrow more money from his old parents."

Have time off: 　; "Have you ever had to have time off for health reasons?"

Have words with somebody: 　; "Tom had words with his brother this morning."

Have you had enough?: 　; "You didn’t eat much. Have you had enough?"

Have/keep the run of: 　; "Peter is out of the country most of the time, so he allows us to have the run of his home in his absence."

Have a sale: 　; "The department store is having a sale this week."

not have the slightest idea: 　; "He doesn't have the slightest idea of his father's death."

Head and shoulders above somebody/something, be: 　; "Tom is head and shoulders above the other contestants."

Head over heels: 　; "They met at a nightclub and fell head over heels in love."

Heavy date: 　; "I think Carol has a heavy date - she's been in the bathroom for over an hour."

Help somebody out: 　; "Do you need anyone to help out in the shop?"

Help yourself to: 　; "Please help yourself to some cake."

Her cup of tea: 　; "To gossip about others is not her cup of tea."

Here it is: 　; "Have you seen my pen? Oh, here it is."

His bark is worse than his bite: 　; "Mr. Smith is very nice actually; it is just that his bark is worse than his bite."

His little broad (冒犯): 　; "He is very possessive about his little broad."

Hit it hard: 　; "You will succeed one day if you hit it hard enough."

Hit it off with somebody: 　; "I knew you'd hit it off with Mike."

Hit of the show: 　; "Be quiet. The hit of the show is coming."

Hit on/upon something: 　; "I’ve hit on a solution to the problem."

Hit the ceiling/roof: 　; "Dad will hit the ceiling when he finds out I've left school."

Hit the spot: 　; "That apple pie really hit the spot."

Hit the sack/hay: 　; "It's one o'clock - time to hit the sack."

Hold back: 　; "He held back, terrified of going into the dark room."

Hold good: 　; "For how long will your offer hold good?"

Hold in the balance: 　; "The proposal of hoding a class excursion is still holding in the balance."

Hold it: 　; "Hold it! You're putting too much pepper in the stew."

Hold your horses: 　; "The bell has rung, we were all eager to leave, but the teacher told us to hold our horses till he finished his lesson."

Hold one's tongue: 　; "I reckon you've just got to learn to hold your tongue."

Hold out: 　; "I didn't know how much longer I could hold out against their relentless questioning."

Hold the line: 　; "Please hold the line, and I will put you through to our sales department."

Hold up: 　; "The roof is held up by massive stone pillars."

Hold water: 　; "His explanation for quitting just doesn't hold water."

Hook up: 　; "We've got a CD player, but it's not hooked up yet."

Hop in: 　; "Tom has bought a new car, and we all hop in for a joy ride."

Hope it doesn't cost much: 　; "I’d like to buy one washing machine. Hope it doesn’t cost too much."

Hors d'oeuvres: 　; "Hors d’oeuvres are small amounts of cold food that are served before the main part of the meal."

Hot air: 　; "Their promises turned out to be just so much hot air."

How am I doing?: 　; "How am I doing this time? I tried my best."

How are you making out?: 　; "It’s several years since we met last time. How are you making out?"

How come: 　; "She didn’t understand how come she lost her temper on seeing the photo."

How come?: 　; "I’ll move to the neighboring town.""How come?"

How did it come out?: 　; "I couldn’t watch the FIFA World Cup last night. How did it come out?"

How did it go?: 　; "I had a job interview yesterday.""Really? How did it go?"

How did you make out?: 　; " How did you make out this morning?"

How did you swing it?: 　; "Mary said you missed the flight in Vietnam. How did you swing it?"

How does that sound?: 　; "Let’s go picnic this weekend. How does that sound?"

How goes the enemy?: 　; "I’m so tired now. How goes the enemy?"

How is that with you?: 　; "I’ll give her your phone number. How is that with you?"

How on earth: 　; "How on earth did you find out?"

How the heck: 　; "How the heck did you lose your ID card?"

How's that?: 　; "Let’s eat out tonight. How’s that?"

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