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Идиомы на букву H

• have the gall to (do something)
  иметь наглость сделать что-либо

  "You have let me down, and now you have the gall to ask me to help you."
• hit the bottle
  слишком много выпить, "прикладываться к бутылке"

  Nancy goes to pubs and hits the bottle almost every evening.
• hold off
  задерживать, откладывать

  Our flight was delayed; it was held off till ten p. m.
• heavy hand (of something)
  большая власть над кем-либо \ чем-либо

  The heavy hand of the law is tremendous power over those people who commit crimes.
• have a scrape with (someone or something)
  иметь неприятный разговор с кем-либо \ о чём-либо

  Mark had a scrape with the Dean because he had missed a lot of lectures.
• hunt high and low for (someone or something)
  искать везде кого-либо \ что-либо

  I have been hunting high and low for a good English textbook. Alas! I was out of luck.
• head-hunting
  поиск квалифицированных работников

  They use a head-hunting company to search for qualified workers to fill certain positions in their office.
• highway robbery
  очень высокая цена, "чистый грабёж"

  The price that I had to pay for the airline tickets was highway robbery.
• hold good
  оставаться в силе, длиться

  The weather was unusually hot that autumn and the demand for air conditioners held good from September till the beginning of November.
• have the wherewithal to (do something)
  иметь необходимые средства или энергию, чтобы делать что-либо

  The man does not have the wherewithal to start his own business.
• heavy going
  трудное дело

  Moving into a new apartment was heavy going.
• hard feelings
  горькие, злые чувства

  Even though my sister and I quarreled I don't have any hard feelings toward her.
• head off (something)
  остановить что-либо, не допустить

  They were not able to head off the leakage of the information about their research.
• hold out on (someone)
  отказываться соглашаться с кем-либо

  The employees are holding out on the Board of Directors and won't sign their contracts.
• hold true
  быть правдой

  It doesn't hold true that he is the most influential person in the company.
• have to live with (something)
  переносить что-либо, терпеть

  Anna has had rheumatism for a number of years and she has to live with it.
• hang a right
  повернуть направо, сделать правый поворот

  I drove along the main street and hung a right at the crossing.
• head for (someone or something)
  двигаться в направлении кого-либо\ чего-либо

  The hurricane was heading for one of the islands in the Pacific.
• hold (something) back
  удерживать в тайне, не разглашать

  I tried to hold the news about the accident back, but the information reached his parents almost at once.
• high life
  роскошная жизнь

  Ms. Bonfire had been living the high life when her husband left her for a younger woman.
• hang (someone) in effigy
  повесить чучело ненавистного человека

  Jill hated her ex-husband that's why she hung him in effigy.
• hit the skids
  снизиться в цене

  The prices of fruit and vegetables usually hit the skids in early autumn.
• handwriting is on the wall
  плохой или знаменательный знак

  The handwriting was on the wall. Business was slack; he had to consider moving to another town.
• hold over (something)
  откладывать, держать в резерве

  The judge said he would hold over Julia's case till the next sitting of the court.
• holier-than-thou
  благочестиво-показной, самодовольный человек

  I do not like your holier-than-thou attitude toward your family and friends.
• hold forth
  предлагать

  The principal held forth a proposal to build a new lab for the chemistry department.
• had best (do something)
  я бы предпочла (сделать что-либо)

  I had best leave this work till tomorrow; I don't feel like doing it now.
• hit parade
  рейтинг песен

  This singer is very popular; he is number one on the hit parade.
• hang up (something)
  повесить что-либо на крючок \ вешалку

  "Will you please hang up your coats before you enter the room?"
• have a run-in with (the law/someone)
  иметь столкновение с законом

  The young man had a run-in with the law several times for speedy driving.
• hell-bent for leather
  вести себя безрассудно; мчаться во весь опор

  He rode hell-bent-for-leather down the mountain path.
• hang-up
  задержка в чем-либо, нервная реакция на что-либо

  There was a hang-up in the delivery of the goods to the grocery store.
• hang up (the telephone)
  повесить трубку (телефона)

  When I heard the doorbell, I hung up the telephone and went to open the door.
• hammer away at (someone or something)
  упорно работать над чем-либо

  I have been hammering away at my homework exercises nearly all day.
• hook, line and sinker
  вне всякого сомнения, полностью

  Lola trusted her new friend hook, line and sinker.