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[hail-fellow-well-met(2)]{n. phr.} A good friend and companion; buddy;pal. •/John just moved to town but he and the boys in the neighborhood arealready hail-fellows-well-met./

[hail from]{v.}, {informal} To have your home in; come from; befrom; especially, to have been born and raised in. •/Mrs. Gardner hails fromMississippi./ •/Mr. Brown and Mr. White are old friends because they bothhail from the same town./

[hair] See: CURL ONE’S HAIR, GET GRAY HAIR or GET GRAY, GIVE GRAY HAIR,HANG BY A THREAD or HANG BY A HAIR, HIDE OR HAIR or HIDE NOR HAIR, IN ONE’SHAIR, LET ONE’S HAIR DOWN, OUT OF ONE’S HAIR, SPLIT HAIRS, TEAR ONE’S HAIR.

[haircut place]{n.}, {slang}, {citizen’s band radio jargon}Bridge or overpass with tight clearance. •/Are we going to make it in thathaircut place?/

[hairdo]{n.} Style or manner of arranging, combing, or wearing one’shair. •/"How do you like my new hairdo?" Jane asked, as she left the beautyparlor./

[hair stand on end]{informal} The hair of your head rises stifflyupwards as a sign or result of great fright or horror. •/When he heard thestrange cry, his hair stood on end./ •/The sight of the dead man made hishair stand on end./ Compare: BLOOD RUN COLD, HEART IN ONE’S MOUTH, HEARTSTAND STILL, JUMP OUT OF ONE’S SKIN, SPINE-CHILLING.

[hale and hearty]{adj. phr.} In very good health; well and strong.•/Grandfather will be 80 years old tomorrow, but he is hale and hearty./•/That little boy looks hale and hearty, as if he is never sick./

[half] See: GO HALVES, GO OFF HALF-COCKED also GO OFF AT HALF COCK, INHALF, SIX OF ONE AND HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER, TIME AND A HALF, TOO-BY HALF.

[half a chance] or [a half chance]{n.} An opportunity; areasonable chance. •/Just give yourself half a chance and you will quicklyget used to your new job./

[half a loaf is better than none] or [half a loaf is better than nobread] Part of what we want or need is better than nothing. — A proverb.•/Albert wanted two dollars for shoveling snow from the sidewalk but the ladywould only give him a dollar. And he said that half a loaf is better thannone./ Compare: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

[half a mind] also [half a notion]{n. phr.}, {informal} A wishor plan that you have not yet decided to act on; a thought of possibly doingsomething. — Used after "have" or "with" and before "to" and an infinitive.•/I have half a mind to stop studying and walk over to the brook./•/Jerry went home with half a mind to telephone Betty./

[half-and-half(1)]{adj.} As much one thing as the other. •/We askedthe coach if more boys than girls were interested in debating, and he said itwas about half-and-half./ •/The show last night was neither very good norvery poor — just half-and-half./ Compare: FIFTY-FIFTY.

[half-and-half(2)]{n.} A mixture of milk and cream in equal parts,used with cereal or coffee. •/John uses half-and-half with his cereal, buthis wife, who is dieting, uses milk./

[half an eye]{n. phr.} A slight glance; a quick look. •/Thesubstitute teacher could see with half an eye that she was going to havetrouble with the class./ •/While Mary was cooking she kept half an eye onthe baby to see that he didn’t get into mischief./

[half bad] See: NOT BAD.

[half-baked]{adj.}, {informal} Not thought out or studiedthoroughly; not worth considering or accepting. •/We wish Tom would not takeour time at meetings to offer his half-baked ideas./ •/We cannot afford toput the government in the hands of people with half-baked plans./

[half-hearted]{adj.} Lacking enthusiasm or interest. •/Phil madeseveral half-hearted attempts to learn word processing, but we could see thathe didn’t really like it./

[half-holiday]{n.} A day on which you get out of school or work in theafternoon. •/The principal said that Tuesday would be a half-holiday./

[half the battle]{n. phr.} A large part of the work. •/When you writean essay for class, making the outline is half the battle./ •/To see yourfaults and decide to change is half the battle of self-improvement./

[half-time]{n.} A rest period in the middle of certain games. •/Isaw Henry at the football game and I went over and talked to him athalf-time./ •/The pep squad put on a drill at half-time when we playedbasketball with our old rivals./

[halfway] See: GO HALFWAY or MEET ONE HALF-WAY or GO HALFWAY TO MEET ONE.

[halt] See: CALL A HALT, GRIND TO A HALT.

[ham actor]{n. phr.}, {slang} An untalented actor; someone whotries so hard to act that his performance becomes foolishly exaggerated.•/Fred is a ham actor who, instead of memorizing his lines, keeps movingaround in a ridiculous way./

[ham-handed]{adj.}, {slang} 1. Having very large hands. •/Peteis a big, ham-handed man who used to be a football player./ 2. See:HEAVY-HANDED.

[ham it up]{v. phr.}, {slang} To do more than look natural inacting a part; pretend too much; exaggerate. •/When Tom told the teacher hewas too sick to do homework, he really hammed it up./ •/The old-fashionedmovies are funny to us because the players hammed it up./ Compare: LAY IT ON.

[hammer] See: GO AT IT HAMMER AND TONGS, UNDER THE HAMMER.

[hammer and tongs]{adv. phr.} Violently. •/Mr. and Mrs. Smith havebeen at it all day, hammer and tongs./

[hammer at] or [hammer away at]{v.} 1. To work steadily at; keepat. •/That lesson is not easy, but hammer away at it and you will get itright./ 2. To talk about again and again; emphasize. •/The speaker hammeredat his opponent’s ideas./

[hammer out]{v.} 1. To write or produce by hard work. •/ThePresident sat at his desk till midnight hammering out his speech for the nextday./ 2. To remove, change, or work out by discussion and debate; debate andagree on (something). •/Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Green have hammered out theirdifference of opinion./ •/The club members have hammered out an agreementbetween the two groups./ Compare: IRON OUT.

[Hancock] See: JOHN HANCOCK or JOHN HENRY.

[hand] See: AT HAND, BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH, BITE THEHAND THAT FEEDS ONE, CLEAN HANDS, DIRTY ONE’S HANDS, EAT OUT OF ONE’S HAND,FORCE ONE’S HAND, FREE HAND, FROM HAND TO HAND, GLAD HAND, HAM-HANDED, HANGHEAVY or HANG HEAVY ON ONE’S HANDS, HAT IN HAND, HAVE A HAND IN, HAVE ONE’SHANDS FULL, HEAVY-HANDED, IN HAND, JOIN FORCES or JOIN HANDS, KEEP ONE’S HANDIN, LAY HANDS ON, LAY ONE’S HANDS ON or GET ONE’S HAND ON or PUT ONE’S HAND ON,LEND A HAND or GIVE A HAND or BEAR A HAND, LET ONE’S LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT ONE’SRIGHT HAND IS DOING, LIFT A FINGER or LIFT A HAND also RAISE A HAND, LIVE FROMHAND TO MOUTH, MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK, OFF ONE’S HANDS, ON HAND, ON ONE’SHANDS, ON THE OTHER HAND, OUT OF HAND, PLAY INTO ONE’S HANDS, PUT ONE’S HAND TOor SET ONE’S HAND TO or TURN ONE’S HAND TO, PUT ONE’S HAND TO THE PLOW, ROB THETILL or HAVE ONE’S HAND IN THE TILL, SECTION HAND, SIT ON ONE’S HANDS, TAKEONE’S LIFE IN ONE’S HANDS, TAKE THE LAW INTO ONE’S OWN HANDS, THROW UP ONE’SHANDS, THROW UP ONE’S HANDS IN HORROR, TIE ONE’S HANDS, TRY ONE’S HAND, UPPERHAND or WHIP HAND, WASH ONE’S HANDS OF.

[hand and foot]{adv. phr.} 1. So that the hands and feet cannot beused. — Used with "bind" or a synonym. •/The robbers bound him hand and footand left him on the floor./ 2. So that no tree action is possible. — Usedwith "bind" or a synonym. •/If Mr. Jones signs that paper, he will be boundhand and foot./ 3. See: WAIT ON HAND AND FOOT.

[hand and glove] See: HAND IN GLOVE.

[hand down]{v.} To arrange to give or leave after, death. •/Joe willhave his father’s gold watch because it is handed down in the family./ •/Inold times, property was usually handed down to the oldest son at his father’sdeath./ Compare: PASS ON.

[hand in] See: TURN IN(1).

[hand in glove] or [hand and glove]{adj.} or {adv. phr.} Veryclose or friendly; working together; in very close agreement or cooperation,especially for bad purposes. •/The Navy and the Coast Guard work hand andglove, especially in war time./ •/Judges and others in high officesometimes are hand in glove with gangsters to cheat and steal./

[hand in hand]{adv. phr.} 1. Holding hands. •/Bob and Mary walkedalong hand in hand in the park./ Compare: ARM IN ARM. 2. Accompanying eachother; together; closely connected. — Used with "go". •/Ignorance andpoverty often go hand in hand./ •/Selfishness and unhappiness often go handin hand./

[hand it to]{v. phr.}, {informal} To admit the excellence of; givecredit or praise to. •/You have to hand it to Jim; he is very careful andhard-working in all he does./ •/The teacher said, "I hand it to Jane forthe way she managed the Music Club."/ Syn.: TAKE OFF ONE’S HAT TO.

[handle] See: FLY OFF THE HANDLE.

[handle to one’s name]{n. phr.}, {slang} A special title usedbefore your name. •/Jim’s father has a handle to his name. He is MajorWatson./ •/Bob came back from the University with a handle to his name andwas called Dr. Jones./

[handle with gloves] or [handle with kid gloves]