Idioms Beginning With: 'H'

Hot-headed

A hot-headed person gets angry very easily. (The noun 'hothead' can also be used.)

Hour of need

A time when someone really needs something, almost a last chance, is their hour of need.

House of cards

Something that is poorly thought out and can easily collapse or fail is a house of cards.

How come

If you want to show disbelief or surprise about an action, you can ask a question using 'how come'. How come he got the job? (You can't believe that they gave the job to somebody like him)

How do you like them apples

(USA) This idiomatic expression is used to express surprise or shock at something that has happened. It can also be used to boast about something you have done.

How long is a piece of string

If someone has no idea of the answer to a question, they can ask 'How long is a piece of string?' as a way of indicating their ignorance.

How the hog ate the cabbage

(USA) If you tell someone how the hog ate the cabbage, it means you tell it like it is- tell someone the truth that they probably don't want to hear.

How's tricks?

This is used as a way of asking people how they are and how things have been going in their life.

Hue and cry

Hue and cry is an expression that used to mean all the people who joined in chasing a criminal or villain. Nowadays, if you do something without hue and cry, you do it discreetly and without drawing attention.

Humming and harring

If someone is humming and harring,they are unsure about a decision and can't nake their mind up.

Hung the moon

If you refer to someone as having hung the moon, you think they are extremely wonderful, or amazing, or good.

Hungry as a bear

If you are hungry as a bear, it means that you are really hungry.

Hunky Dory

If something is hunky dory, it is perfectly satisfactory, fine.

Hush-hush

If something is hush-hush it is confidential.

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