at the heel of
1under the heel — Crushed, ruled over tyrannically • • • Main Entry: ↑heel …
2under the heel of — dominated or controlled by the Greeks spent several centuries under the heel of the Ottoman Empire …
3To be down at the heel — Heel Heel, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h[=e]la, perh. for h[=o]hila, fr. AS. h[=o]h heel (cf. {Hough}); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, h[=e]la, Icel. h[ae]ll, Dan. h[ae]l, Sw. h[ a]l, and L. calx. [root]12. Cf. {Inculcate}.] 1. The hinder part of… …
4globus of the heel — the portion of the wall of a horse s hoof that curves around the heel to form the bar …
5down-at-the-heel — adjective see down at heel * * * down at the heel «DOWN uht thuh HEEL», adjective, adverb. shabby; slovenly: »He had a ragged down at the heel lk …
6down-at-the-heel — • down at heel • down at the heel • down at the heels adj Poorly kept up or dressed shabby; not neat; sloppy. John is always down at the heels, but his sister is always very neat. Old houses sometimes look down at the heel …
7under the heel of somebody — under the ˈheel of sb idiom (literary) completely controlled by sb • The island spent several centuries under the heel of the British Empire. Main entry: ↑heelidiom …
8hairy at the heel — (UK) Someone who is hairy at the heel is dangerous or untrustworthy …
9To lift up the heel against — Lift Lift (l[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lifting}.] [Icel. lypta, fr. lopt air; akin to Sw. lyfta to lift, Dan. l[ o]fte, G. l[ u]ften; prop., to raise into the air. See {Loft}, and cf. 1st {Lift}.] 1. To move in a… …
10down at the heel — (Amer.) badly dressed due to lack of money; shabbily dressed ; wearing old clothes or ragged clothes due to lack of money; dilapidated; of run down look …
