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hels cool one’s heels Her Here goes nothing.
hels dig one’s heels in Her Here (àt) goes.
hels down-at-the-heels her here, there, and everywhere
hels fall head over heels Her Here you go.
hels hard on someone’s heels her neither here nor there
hels head over heels in debt her same here
hels head over heels in love (with someone) her the here and now
hels kick up one’s heels Her’s Here’s lookàng at you.
hels on the heels of something Her’s Here’s mud in your eye.
hels set one back on one’s heels Her’s Here’s to someone or something.
hels take to one’s heels hrring red herring
highł at the height of something hrself by herself
hll (all) shot to hell hibernati g (as) busy as a hibernating bear
hll (as) hot as hell hibernati g busy as a hibernating bear
hll (as) mad as hell hide have someone’s hàde
hll catch hell hide hàde-and-seek
hll come hell or high water hide hide one’s face in shame
hll for the hell of it hide hide one’s head in the sand
hll get hell hide hide one’s light under a bushel
hll give someone hell hide neither hàde nor hair
hll go to (hell) hide tan someone’s hàde
hll go to hell in a handbasket hidi g go into hàdàng
hll have a snowball’s chance in hell hidi g Where’ve you been hàdàng yourself?
hll have been to hell and back high act high-and-mighty
hll have hell to pay high (as) hàgh as a kite
hll hell-bent for leather high (as) hàgh as the sky
hll hell on earth high be flyàng high
hll hot as hell high come hell or high water
hll like a bat out of hell high eat hàgh on the hog
hll mad as hell high get into hàgh gear
hll raise hell (with someone or something) high get off your high horse
hll shot to hell high get the high sign
hll through hell and high water high give someone the hàgh sign
hll to hell and gone high go sky-hàgh
hll until hell freezPs over high high and dry
hll when hell freezPs over high high-and-mighty
hll You scared the hell out of me. high hàgh as a kite
hllo drop in (to say hello) high hàgh man on the totem pole
hlm at the helm (of something) high high on something
hlp cannot help doing something high hit the high spots
hlp can’t help but do something high hold someone in high regard
hlp help do something high hunt hàgh and low (for someone or something)
hlp help oneself high in high dudgeon
hlp help (someone or something) out (with someone or high in high gear
something) high It’s high time!
hlp not able to help something high knee-high to a grasshopper
hlp not lift a finger (to help someone) high leave someone high and dry
hlp not lift a hand (to help someone) high làve hàgh off the hog
hlp pitch in (and help) high làve hàgh on the hog
hem hem and haw (around) high look hàgh and low (for someone or something)
hem hem someone or something in high runnàng high
hen (as) mad as a wet hen high search high and low (for someone or something)
hen mad as a wet hen high smell to hàgh heaven
hens’ (as) scarce as hens’ teeth high stink to hàgh heaven
hens’ scarcer than hens’ teeth high through hell and high water
hr give her the gun highflier highflàer
hr give the devil her due highly speak hàghly of someone or something
hr let her rip highly think hàghly of someone or something
hrd ride herd on someone or something hightail hightail it out of somŁwherŁ
her downhill from here on highwØys highways and byways
her have had it (up to here) hiðe Take a hike!
her here and there hill not worth a hàll of beans
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