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        guess by guess and by golly         hair the hair of the dog that bit one
        guess get another guess comàng      haired fair-haired boy
        guess hazbrd a guess                hair’s by a hairPs breadth)
        guess Your guess is as good as màne.  hairs get gray hair(s)
        guessed never would have guessed    hairs give someone gray hair(s)
        guesł  guest of honor               hairs splàt hairs
        guilty find someone guilty          hal  hale and hearty
        gui ea  serve as a guinea pig       half at half-mast
        gulp gulp for air                   half go off half-cocked
        gum gum something up                Half Half a loaf is better than none.
        gum gum up the works                half half-and-half
        gu   beat the gun                   half have half a mànd to  do something
        gu   fire a gun                     half have half a notion to do something
        gu   give her the gun               half not half bad
        gu   give it the gun                half one’s better half
        gu   gun for someone                half six of one and half a dozen of the other
        gu   jump the gun                   halfhearted halfhearted (about someone or something)
        gu   pull a gun (on someone)        halfwØy  meet someone halfway
        gu   son of a gun                   halł  grind to a halt
        gu s  go great guns                 ham ham something up
        gu s  stick to one’s guns           hamburger make hamburger out of someone or
        gut bust a gut (to do something)     something
        gut gut feelàng                     hammer fight someone or something hammer and tongs
        gut gut reaction                    hammer go at it hammer and tongs
        gut gut response                    hammer hammer away (at someone or something)
        gut my gut tells me (that) something is so  hammer hammer something home
        guts hate someone’s guts            hammer hammer something out
        gutter in the gutter                hand at hand
        gyp gyp someone out of something    hand bite the hand that feeds one
        hØ  funny ha-ha                     hand bound hand and foot
        hØbit  break a habàt                hand can’t see one’s hand in front of one’s face
        hØbit  break one’s habàt            hand close at hand
        hØbit  break the habàt              hand do something by hand
        hØbit  kick a habàt                 hand force someone’s hand
        hØbit  kick the habàt               hand from hand to hand
        hØbits  Old habàts dàe hard.        hand get a free hand (with someone or something)
        hØck  hack something                hand get a hand with something
        hØckls  get someone’s hackles up    hand get the glad hand
        hØd  had best do something          hand get the upper hand (on someone)
        hØd  had better do something        hand give someone a free hand (with something)
        hØd  had (just) as soon do something  hand give someone a hand (for something)
        hØd  (had) known it was comàng      hand give someone a hand (with someone or something)
        hØd  had rather do something        hand give someone the glad hand
        hØd  had sooner do something        hand hand in glove (with someone)
        hØd  have been had                  hand hand in hand
        hØd  have had enough                Hand Hand it over.
        hØd  have had its day               hand hand it to someone
        hØd  have had it (up to here)       hand hand-me-down
        hØd  (have) never had it so good    hand hand over fist
        hØd  never had it so good           hand hand over hand
        hail hail-fellow-well-met           hand hand something down (to someone)
        hail hail from somŁwherŁ            hand hat in hand
        haili g  within hailing distance    hand have a hand in something
        hair curl someone’s hair            hand have one’s hand in the till
        hair get in someone’s hair          hand have something at hand
        hair hang by a hair                 hand have something in hand
        hair let one’s hair down            hand in hand
        hair make someone’s hair curl       hand keep one’s hand in (something)
        hair make someone’s hair stand on end  hand know someone or something like the back of one’s
        hair neàther hide nor hair           hand
        hair part someone’s hair            hand know someone or something like the palm of one’s
        hair tear one’s hair (out)           hand

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