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[holler before one is hurt] See: CRY BEFORE ONE IS HURT.

[hollow] See: BEAT ALL HOLLOW also BEAT HOLLOW.

[hollow out]{v.} To cut or dig out or to cut or dig a hole in; make a cut or cave in; excavate. •/The soldier hollowed out a foxhole in the ground to lie in./ •/The Indians used to hollow out a log to make a canoe./ •/Joe’s father hollowed out a pumpkin to make a jack-o-lantern./

[holy cats] or [holy cow] or [holy mackerel] or [holy Moses]{interj.}, {informal} — Used to express strong feeling (as astonishment, pleasure, or anger); used in speech or when writing conversation. •/"Holy cats! That’s good pie!" said Dick./ •/"Holy cow! They can’t do that!" Mary said when she saw the boys hurting a much smaller boy./

[holy terror]{n.}, {informal} A very disobedient or unruly child; brat. •/All the children are afraid of Johnny because he’s a holy terror./

[home] See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or NURSING HOME or REST HOME, KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING, MAKE ONESELF AT HOME, NOBODY HOME, WRITE HOME ABOUT.

[home brew]{n. phr.} A beer or other malt liquor made at home, not in a brewery. •/Home brew reached its greatest popularity in America during national prohibition./

[home on] or [home in on]{v.} To move toward a certain place by following a signal or marker. •/The airplane homed in on the radio beacon./ •/The ship homed on the lights of New York harbor./

[home plate]{n.} The base in baseball where the batter stands and that a runner must touch to score. •/The runner slid across home plate ahead of the tag to score a run./

[home run]{n.} A hit in baseball that allows the batter to run around all the bases and score a run. •/Frank hit a home run over the left field wall in the second inning./

[honest broker]{n. phr.} A person hired or appointed to act as an agent in a legal, business, or political situation where impartial advice is needed in order to settle a dispute. •/Michael has been asked to act as an honest broker to settle the argument between the employees and the management./

[honestly] See: COME BY HONESTLY.

[honest to goodness] or [honest to God]{adj. phr.}, {informal} Really; truly; honestly. — Used to emphasize something said. •/When we were in Washington, we saw the President, honest to goodness./ •/"Honest to goodness, Jane, I think you are the messiest girl in the world," said Mother./

[bonest-to-goodness] or [honest-to-God]{adj. phr.}, {informal} Real; genuine. — Used for emphasis. •/She served him honest-to-goodness deep dish apple pie./ •/It was the first honest-to-goodness baseball game he’d seen since going abroad./

[honeymoon is over] The first happy period of friendship and cooperation between two persons or groups is over. •/A few months after a new President is elected, the honeymoon is over and Congress and the President begin to criticize each other./ •/The honeymoon was soon over for the new foreman and the men under him./

[honky-tonk]{n.} A cheap nightclub or dance hall. •/There were a number of honky-tonks near the army camp./

[honor] See: DO THE HONORS, IN HONOR OF, ON ONE’S HONOR.

[hook] See: BY HOOK OR BY CROOK, GET THE HOOK at GET THE BOUNCE(2), GIVE THE HOOK at GIVE THE BOUNCE(2), OFF THE HOOK.

[hooked on]{adj.} 1. Addicted to a substance such as cigarettes, coffee, tea, drugs, or alcohol. •/Fred is hooked on grass, but Tim is only hooked on tea./ 2. Enthusiastic or very supportive of something. •/I am hooked on the local symphony./

[hookey] See: PLAY HOOKEY.

[hook, line and sinker]{adv. phr.}, {informal} Without question or doubt; completely. •/Johnny was so easily fooled that he fell for Joe’s story, hook, line and sinker./ •/Mary was such a romantic girl that she swallowed the story Alice told her about her date, hook, line and sinker./ •/Bobby trusted Jim so he was taken in by his hard-luck story hook, line and sinker./

[hookup]{n.} A connection, electrical or otherwise, between two instruments or two individuals. •/Edwin and Hermione are a perfect couple; they have got the right hookup./

[hook up]{v. phr.} To connect or fit together. •/The company sent a man to hook up the telephone./ •/They could not use the gas stove because it had not been hooked up./

[hoop] See: JUMP THROUGH A HOOP.