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121over one’s head — mod. confusing; too difficult to understand. □ This stuff is too hard. It’s over my head. □ Calculus is all over my head …
122hard news — noun Factual reportage of events which are socially or politically significant and of a serious nature, as opposed to the reporting of entertaining, humorous, or gossipy accounts of relatively inconsequential events …
123hard-pressed — adj burdened, weighed down, loaded, loaded down, overloaded, overburdened, overworked; harried, harassed, ground down, pushed; penned in, hemmed in, in a corner, in a tight spot, up against it, between a rock and a hard place; pressured, under… …
124hard-nosed — critical, inflexible. ► “Over the years, and without consistent gains, Washington has tried everything from the GLAD HAND to the hard nose to wrest open the Japanese economy.” (Wall Street Journal, Aug. 26, 1994, p. A6) …
125over-cup — Oak Oak ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and… …
126over easy — Cookery. (of fried eggs) turned over when nearly done and fried briefly on the reverse side so that the yolk remains somewhat liquid but hard on top. Cf. sunny side up. * * * …
127over the hill — past one s prime, unable to function as one used to He thought that his friend was over the hill and shouldn t be working so hard …
128over-egg the pudding — British to spoil something by trying too hard to improve it. As a director, I think he has a tendency to over egg the pudding, with a few too many gorgeous shots of the countryside …
