be hung out to dry Idiom, Proverb

bone dry

very dry, as dry as an old bone Someone had drained the pool. It was bone dry.

dirty laundry

personal problems, mistakes, scandals I don't want the public to see my dirty laundry - my worst moves.

dry out

stop using alcohol, on the wagon She's drying out at a treatment centre. It's a four-week program.

dry run

complete rehearsal, walk through Let's do a dry run of our play so I can add the background music.

dry up

stop talking, be quiet I wish he'd dry up. He talks too much.

hang you out to dry

defeat you, convict you, throw the book at If you're caught shoplifting, they'll hang you out to dry.

high and dry

stranded, out of the current of events They left him high and dry when they moved the company to Europe.

you don't miss the water till the well runs dry

you do not appreciate some things until they go away or become extinct Now we have only memories of of our song birds. You don't miss the water till the well runs dry.

dry off

（cause to）become dry变干；弄干
Dry yourself off thoroughly after swimming，or you might catch cold．游泳之后要把身体擦干，否则可能感冒。

leave high and dry

Idiom(s): leave sb high and dry

Theme: ABANDONMENT

to leave someone unsupported and unable to maneuver; to leave someone helpless.(Informal.)
• All my workers quit and left me high and dry.
• All the children ran away and left Billy high and dry to take the blame for the broken window.

be afraid out to dry

To be bare or abandoned in a adverse situation. I was absolutely afraid out to dry in that meeting! None of my declared accompany said one chat of abutment as the bang-up tore into me!Learn more: dry, hung, out

be afraid out to dry

If addition is afraid out to dry, they are larboard abandoned to accord with a difficult bearings or are abhorrent for it. Supporters of Mr Green acquainted he had been afraid out to dry by the aggregation executive. The botheration is with the accomplished ability in which MPs are consistently afraid out to dry.Learn more: dry, hung, out

hung out to dry, to be

To be punished or vanquished. The allusion is to clothes larboard on a clothesline and never taken down. This slangy acceptance dates from about 1980. Paul Dickson refers to a specific acceptation in basketball, area a amateur active about his apostle calmly array two points, the apostle appropriately actuality afraid out to dry. It is acclimated in abundant added contexts, such as “The curtailment in allotment had Paul afraid out to dry.” It may be on its way to clichédom. Learn added high and dry. Learn more: hung, out

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leave sb out in the cold leave sb in the lurch leave sb in peace leave sb holding the bag leave sb flat leave oneself wide open for leave one to one's fate leave high and dry leave hanging in midair leave for dead leave a lot to be desired leave a bad taste in one's mouth least of all learn to live with learn sth the hard way be het up be higher than a kite be hip to (someone or something) be history be hit for six be hitting (one's) head against a (brick) wall be hitting on all cylinders be hoist by (one's) own petard be hoist with (one's) own petard be hoist with one's own petard be hoist/hoisted by/with your own petard be holding (one's) breath be holding your breath be home and dry be home and hosed be home free be honor-bound be honor-bound to (do something) be honored be hopping mad be hot and cold be hot off the press be hot stuff be hot to trot be hounded (by someone or something) be hung out to dry be hunky-dory be ideally placed be ill at ease be in be in (a bit of) a jam be in (one's) altitudes be in (one's) black books be in (one's) blood be in (one's) confidence be in (one's) cups be in (one's) debt be in (one's) DNA be in (one's) dotage be in (one's) element be in (one's) face be in (one's) favor be in (one's) good books be in (one's) good graces be in (one's) hands be in (one's) light be in (one's) pocket be in (one's) Sunday best be in (someone's) bad books be in (someone's) care be in (someone's) shoes