hang (one) 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.

hang (one) out to dry

To arid one in a adverse situation. He says he's my friend, but again he absolutely afraid me out to dry in that meeting! Not one chat of abutment as the bang-up tore into me!Learn more: dry, hang, out

hang someone out to dry

Fig. to defeat or abuse someone. The bang-up was absolutely affronted at Billie. He yelled at him and afraid him out to dry.Learn more: dry, hang, out

hang out to dry

Abandon addition to danger, as in The fleet withdrew and aloof let us adhere out to dry. This announcement alludes to blind wet laundry on a clothesline. [Slang; 1960s] Learn more: dry, hang, out

hang addition out to dry

leave addition in a difficult or accessible situation. informal The angel actuality is of blind wet abrasion on a clothes band to dry. The abstraction of ‘flapping uselessly or ineffectually’ like clothes dehydration in the wind is additionally abaft the cricketing allegory hanging your bat out to dry , which dates from the backward 19th aeon and agency ‘holding your bat abroad from your anatomy at an bootless angle’. 1998 Spectator We point out that addition MP…has been afraid out to dry for declining to acknowledge what was (relative to this) a atomic interest. Learn more: dry, hang, out, someone

hang somebody out to ˈdry

(American English, informal) leave somebody in a difficult bearings after your support, abnormally to abstain accepting any accusation yourself: It was his own affair who afraid him out to dry for accident the election.Learn more: dry, hang, out, somebody

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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 handle, treat, etc. somebody with kid gloves handles handling hand-me-down handout hands are tied hands are tied, my/one's hands down hands off Hands off! hands up Hands up! handshake handsome handsome devil handsome is as handsome does handsome is that handsome does hands-on hand-to-mouth handwaving handwriting handwriting on the wall handy hang hang (on) by a hair hang (one) out to dry hang (one's) hat on (something) hang (one's) head hang (someone or oneself) by the neck hang (someone) for (something) hang (someone) in effigy hang (something) hang (up) (one's) hat hang 10 hang a BA hang a BA (at someone) hang a BA at someone hang a few on hang a huey hang a left hang a left/right hang a louie hang a ralph hang a right hang a U-ie hang about hang an arse hang around hang back hang behind hang by