be left high and dry
1high 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 …
2high 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 …
3high and dry — If you are left high and dry, you are left alone and given no help at all when you need it …
4high\ 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. Without… …
5high and dry — If you are left high and dry, you are left alone and given no help at all when you need it. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
6high and dry — naut. idi a) navig. (of a ship) grounded so as to be entirely above water at low tide b) deserted; stranded: to be left high and dry[/ex] …
7leave 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 …
8high and dry — mod. abandoned; unsupported. (Like a ship beached or stranded ashore.) □ He went off and left me high and dry. □ Here I sit high and dry no food, no money, no nothing …
9high and dry — we track down these guys who have left their wives and children high and dry Syn: destitute, helpless, in the lurch, in difficulties; abandoned, stranded, marooned …
10high and dry — stranded, out of the current of events They left him high and dry when they moved the company to Europe …
