| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| had it up to here |
upset too many times, had enough
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I've had it up to here with his smoking! Yuk!
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| had the bird |
worn or broken, wear out
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These shoes are full of holes. They've had the bird.
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| hail a cab |
wave your hand to stop a cab, flag a cab
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We missed the bus, so we hailed a cab.
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| hail-fellow-well-met |
friendly man, a good head, jolly good fellow
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"Bert is a social person." "Yes, he's hail-fellow-well-met, I say."
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| hair off the dog that bit you |
remedy that uses the cause, fight fire with fire
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The theory of penicillin is to use the hair off the dog that bit you.
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| hair stand on end |
be very scared, very frightened, scared stiff
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Adriana, your hair is standing on end! Have you seen a ghost?
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| hairbrain |
not sensible, irrational, crazy, kooky
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Eric is talking about a hairbrain plan to train ants as employees.
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| hairdo |
hairstyle, coiffure
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Did you see Eileen's hairdo? She looks lovely in tight curls.
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| hale and hearty |
healthy and enthusiastic, in the pink, in your prime
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"Bob looks hale and hearty these days." "Yes, he's healthy and active."
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| half-assed [B] |
incomplete, half missing
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There's a guy at the door with a half-assed invention for sale.
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