high and dry (English, adj)
expansion: high and dry (not comparable)
Senses:
glosses: Left out of water, stranded on a beach, or in the stocks for repair, or in dry dock.
tags: not-comparable
glosses: Abandoned, stranded, helpless.
tags: idiomatic
not-comparable
glosses: Associated with the high church (the Church of England and other Anglican traditions, in reference to their "high" political position in England and "dry" and austere mode of worship), as opposed to the "low and slow" Evangelical party and the "broad and shallow" Broad Church.
tags: derogatory
idiomatic
not-comparable
glosses: With no condiments.
tags: US
idiomatic
not-comparable
slang
raw_tags: of a sandwich
Forms: