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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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