- 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. 2014.
leave high and dry
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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 — See: HIGH AND DRY … Dictionary of American idioms
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
