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[heavy heart]{n. phr.} A feeling of being weighed down with sorrow; unhappiness. •/They had very heavy hearts as they went to the funeral./
[heck] See: RAISE THE DEVIL or RAISE HECK or RAISE HOB or RAISE NED.
[heck of it] See: DEVIL OF IT.
[hedge about] or [hedge in] 1. To surround with a hedge or barrier; protect or separate by closing in. •/The house is hedged about with hushes and trees./ •/The little garden is hedged in to keep the chickens out./ 2. To keep from getting out or moving freely; keep from acting freely; block in. •/The boys are hedged in today. They can only play in the backyard./ •/The king said he could not make new laws if he was so hedged in by old ones./ Syn.: FENCE IN.
[hedged in] See: FENCED IN.
[heed] See: TAKE HEED.
[heel] See: AT ONE’S HEELS, COOL ONE’S HEELS, DOWN AT-THE-HEEL or DOWN-AT-HEEL, DRAG ONE’S FEET or DRAG ONE’S HEELS, HEAD OVER HEELS, KICK UP ONE’S HEELS, ON ONE’S HEELS or ON THE HEELS OF, SET BACK ON ONE’S HEELS or KNOCK BACK ON ONE’S HEELS, TAKE TO ONE’S HEELS also SHOW A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS, TO HEEL, TURN ON ONE’S HEEL, WELL-HEELED.
[heels over head] See: HEAD OVER HEELS.
[he laughs best who laughs last] A person should go ahead with what he is doing and not worry when others laugh at him. When he succeeds he will enjoy laughing at them for being wrong more than they enjoyed laughing at him. — A proverb. •/Everyone laughed at Mary when she was learning to ski. She kept falling down. Now she is the state champion. He laughs best who laughs last./ Compare: CHANGE ONE’S TUNE, LAST LAUGH, LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE’S MOUTH, SHOE ON THE OTHER FOOT.
[hell] See: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER, HELL-ON-WHEELS, LIKE HELL, TO HELL WITH, UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER, WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER.
[hell and high water]{n. phr.} Troubles or difficulties of any kind. •/After John’s father died he went through hell and high water, but he managed to keep the family together./ Compare: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER.
[hell-on-wheels]{n.}, {slang} A short-tempered, nagging, or crabby person especially one who makes another unhappy by constantly criticizing him even when he has done nothing wrong. •/Finnegan complains that his wife is hell on wheels; he is considering getting a divorce./
[help] See: CAN HELP, CAN’T HELP BUT or CANNOT BUT, SO HELP ME.
[help oneself]{v. phr.} To take what you want; take rather than ask or wail to be given. •/Help yourself to another piece of pie./ •/John helped himself to some candy without asking./
[help out]{v.} 1. To be helpful or useful; help sometimes or somewhat. •/Mr. Smith helps out with the milking on the farm./ •/Tom helps out in the store after school./ 2. To help (someone) especially in a time of need; aid; assist. •/Jane is helping out Mother by minding the baby./ •/When John couldn’t add the numbers, the teacher helped him out./
[helter-skelter]{adv.} 1. At a fast speed, but in confusion. •/The hatted ball broke Mr. Jones’s window, and the boys ran away helter-skelter./ •/When the bell rang, the pupils ran helter-skelter out of the door./ 2. In a confusing group; in disorder. •/The movers piled the furniture helter-skelter in the living room of the new house./ •/Mary fell down and her books, papers, and lunch landed helter-skelter over the sidewalk./ Compare: EVERY WHICH WAY.
[he-man]{n.}, {informal} A man who is very strong, brave, and healthy. •/Larry was a real he-man when he returned from service with the Marines./
[hem and haw]{v. phr.} 1. To pause or hesitate while speaking, often with little throat noises. •/The man was a poor lecturer because he hemmed and hawed too much./ 2. To avoid giving a clear answer; be evasive in speech. •/The principal asked Bob why he was late to school, and Bob only hemmed and hawed./ Compare: BEAT AROUND THE BUSH.
[hem in] or [hem around] or [hem about]{v.} 1. To put something around, or to be placed around; surround. •/Mountains hemmed the town in on all sides./ •/As soon as Tom and Bob started to fight, they were hemmed around by other boys./ 2. See: FENCE IN.
[hen] See: MAD AS A HORNET or MAD AS HOPS or MAD AS A WET HEN.
[hen party]{n. phr.}, {informal} A party to which only women or girls are invited. •/The sorority gave a hen party for its members./ Contrast: STAG PARTY. See: GO STAG.
[Henry] See: JOHN HANCOCK or JOHN HENRY.
[her] See: GIVE IT THE GUN or GIVE HER THE GUN.
[herd] See: RIDE HERD ON.
[here] See: ALL THERE or ALL HERE, NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, SAME HERE.
[here and now(1)]{adv. phr.} At this very time and place; right now; immediately. •/I want my dime back, and I want it here and now./ Compare: THEN AND THERE.
[here and now(2)]{n.} The present time and place; today. •/He enjoys the pleasures of the here and now and never worries about the future./ •/"I want my steak here and now!"/
[here and there]{adv. phr.} 1. In one place and then in another. •/I looked here and there for my pen, but I didn’t look everywhere./ •/Here and there in the yard little yellow flowers had sprung up./ 2. In various directions. •/We went here and there looking for berries./ Compare: HITHER AND THITHER.