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But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
Olivia Wilde

Meaning of "high and dry" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH AND DRY

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH AND DRY

high altar
high and low
high and mighty
High Arctic
high as a kite
high bar
high beam
high board
high brass
high bypass ratio engine
high C
high camp
high chair
High Church
high comedian
high comedy
high command
High Commission
high commissioner
high concept

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH AND DRY

air-dry
animal husbandry
bleed someone or something dry
blow-dry
bone dry
cut and blow-dry
dry
foundry
Hendry
heraldry
home and dry
husbandry
iron foundry
laundry
medium-dry
misandry
sundry
the dry
tumble-dry
wizardry

Synonyms and antonyms of high and dry in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «HIGH AND DRY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «high and dry» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of high and dry

Translation of «high and dry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH AND DRY

Find out the translation of high and dry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of high and dry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «high and dry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高和干
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alto y seco
570 millions of speakers

English

high and dry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्च और सूखी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مرتفعة وجافة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высокой и сухой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alta e seca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ এবং শুষ্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à sec
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tinggi dan kering
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hoch und trocken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

見捨てられている
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

높은 건조
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwur lan garing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cao và khô
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர் மற்றும் உலர்ந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उंच आणि कोरडे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüksek ve kuru
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alto e asciutto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na lodzie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

високою і сухий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mare și uscat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υψηλό και ξηρό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoog en droog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hög och torr
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høyt og tørt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high and dry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH AND DRY»

The term «high and dry» is regularly used and occupies the 79.824 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH AND DRY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about high and dry

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QUOTES WITH «HIGH AND DRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word high and dry.
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Olivia Wilde
But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH AND DRY»

Discover the use of high and dry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high and dry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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High and Dry: The Texas-New Mexico Struggle for the Pecos River
Water law, water politics, and especially water shenanigans are at the center of this book about New Mexico and Texas dividing the Pecos River. On one level the story is about a twenty-year court case, Texas v.
G. Emlen Hall, 2002
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High and Dry
He reveals that the government has no plans whatsoever to reduce Australia's emissions, and explains why this is bad for Australia's economy.
Guy Pearse, 2007
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High and Dry: Homeless Education in Los Angeles and the ...
Homeless students suffer from a wide variety of problems in their pursuit of their education - from less educational continuity, to more unstable home lives, to difficulties in enrolling, to a lack of basic funds to help them get through ...
Matthew Jonathon Mundy, 2008
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Lüdeling, Anke; Kytö, Merja: Corpus Linguistics
The preconstructed phrase high and dry occurs in 23 concordance lines generated from a corpus of the Guardian newspaper of 1990 and 1991 ( renumbered from 1 for convenience): am and with whom he had added 91, high and dry on 99.
Anke Lüdeling, Merja Kytö, 2009
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Inspirations from High and Dry Places
This book is directed to anyone who is seeking the lord, also those who are currently walking with him but just need to be encouraged a bit to get through the day.
Shemika Robinson-Wilson, 2009
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High and Dry
Jack MacArthur has been laid off from his second job in three months, is behind on his rent, lacking any job perspectives, and is flat broke.
Tom Bishop, 2012
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New Englander and Yale Review
The High-and-dry party," he says, "justly censured the so called Evangelicals as being dissenters in disguise, who subverted all ecclesiastical discipline, and conformed merely for the sake of the loaves and fishes ; while the so called ...
Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, 1844
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New Englander and Yale Review
The sum and substance of the late Episcopal charges," is, as he represents it — " There are two recognized parties in the church of England, the old High-and- dry church party, and the so called Evangelical." " To one or other of these two the ...
‎1844
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The New Englander
The sum and substance of the late Episcopal charges," is, as he represents it — " There are two recognized parties in the church of England, the old High-and- dry church party, and the so called Evangelical." " To one or other of these two the ...
‎1844
10
Dry: Life Without Water
This beautifully illustrated book tells the diverse stories about people in very hot, very cold, or very high places, who spend their lives collecting, chasing, piping, and trapping the water that life requires.
Ehsan Masood, Daniel Schaffer, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH AND DRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term high and dry is used in the context of the following news items.
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Willcox wells leaving residents high and dry - KVOA.com
WILLCOX, Ariz. - It's a small town with a big problem as many wells in the Willcox Basin are starting to run dry. Residents who live in the Willcox Basin in ... «KVOA Tucson News, Jul 15»
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Gov. Scott says he didn't leave clinics for the poor high and dry
Gov. Rick Scott's office said Wednesday that he did not leave charitable clinics that service the poor and uninsured high and dry. Gov. «Palm Beach Post, Jul 15»
3
Thom Yorke plays High and Dry in 1989: Watch him perform with pre …
Some Redditors have dug up footage of one of the Chickens' performances—a blistering version of “High and Dry,” which would become a ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
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Parkash Singh Badal leaves Majithia family high and dry | Zee News
Badal's remarks left everybody high and dry including the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, BJP ... «Zee News, Jul 15»
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Parkash Singh Badal leaves Satyajit Singh Majithia family high and
Badal's remarks left everybody high and dry including the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, BJP ... «India.com, Jul 15»
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Dundee boat club left high and dry by weeds
And it's the THIRD time that Dundee Model Boat Club has scrapped its annual regatta because of the problem. The club has used Swannie ... «Evening Telegraph, Jul 15»
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The highway must not leave us high and dry
The Chinese are closing in on us with the sections of the new highway being built connecting Caymanas with the north coast. At almost every ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»
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Deplorable Bus Stops Leave Commuters High and Dry
VISAKHAPATNAM: Lack of maintenance by the civic authorities has left the city bus stops in a poor state. Be it scorching sun or heavy rains or ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Mini Tornado Left Koi And Goldfish High And Dry in Dorset, UK
A woman in St. Ives in Dorset, UK was astounded to find that most of the water from her garden pond had disappeared, leaving her koi carp and ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
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Stolen high-end speed boat found high and dry in Alberta field, likely …
KELOWNA, B.C. — A unique and pricey speed boat stolen from a British Columbia boat dealership has been found, high and dry in an Alberta ... «The Province, Jul 15»

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