Here, you will find idioms that start with H.
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- A Hundred and Ten Percent
- Half in the Bag
- Ham It Up
- Hamlet without the Prince
- Hand Something on a Silver Platter
- Hand To Mouth, living from
- Hands Are Tied (my, someone’s)
- Hands Down
- Hang Fire
- Hang On (or hang on to)
- Hang One’s Head
- Hang Out to Dry
- Hang Tough
- Hanky Panky
- Happy as a Clam
- Happy as a Lark
- Happy as the Day is Long
- Happy Bunny, a
- Happy Camper
- Happy-Go-Lucky
- Hard Copy
- Hard-Headed
- Has A Ring To It
- Hash Out
- Haul Someone Over the Coals
- Have a Bone To Pick
- Have a Memory Like a Sieve
- Have a Mind Like a Steel Trap
- Have a Sweet Tooth
- Have an Axe to Grind
- Have It In For Someone
- Have It Out With Someone
- Have Itchy Feet, to
- Have Money to Burn
- Have No Stomach for Something
- Have Someone in the Palm of One’s Hand
- Have Something Down to a Fine Art
- Have Something Hanging Over Your Head
- Have Something Out
- Have Time to Kill
- Head Of The Class
- Hear it Through the Grapevine
- Heart Skips a Beat
- Heavy Heart
- Hell of a Note
- Herculean Task
- Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
- Here’s Mud In Your Eye!
- Hidden Agenda
- Hide Out
- High and Mighty
- High Time
- Hindsight is 20/20
- Hint, Hint
- Hit the Books
- Hit the Bottle
- Hit the Ground Running
- Hit the Hay
- Hit the Nail On the Head
- Hocus-Pocus
- Hold All The Aces
- Hold All the Cards
- Hold Water
- Hold Your Horses
- Holier Than Thou
- Holy Cow
- Home Free
- Home is Where the Heart Is
- Hook, Line, and Sinker
- Hornet’s Nest, a
- Horse Around
- Horse of a Different Color
- Hot Under the Collar
- Household Name
- How Does That Sound? (How Does Something Sound)
- Hug It Out
- Humor Me and Sense of Humor
- Hunker Down
- Hurry Up
- My Heart Sank | One’s Heart Sinks
Examples of Idioms Beginning With H
Ham It Up: to overact or exaggerate emotions so that they become unbelievable. The idiom is often applied to actors but can also be applied to anyone who, when given attention, starts acting in an exaggerated way as if putting on a performance.
Hand Something on a Silver Platter: to provide something to someone for no effort, without being asked for, or without being earned; to give someone something they haven’t worked for; to make it easy for someone.
Hand To Mouth, living from: to live from hand to mouth means to only have enough money to buy the utmost essentials that one presently needs; to have barely enough money to survive and no ability to save so that one is always on the verge of not having food, shelter, etc.
Hands Down: very easily; without any effort; or without doubt or beyond any question; absolutely.
Hang One’s Head: to express shame, contrition, or embarrassment; to appear embarrassed or ashamed.
Hang Out to Dry: to hang someone out to dry means to not support or help someone when they need it; to abandon someone who is in a vulnerable or difficult situation; to let someone take the blame or bear the consequences for something when they are not solely responsible; to abandon someone when they are in trouble.
Hang Tough: to refuse to change one’s position or actions on something; to remain inflexible or maintain one’s resolve.
Hanky Panky: 1. kissing, touching, and sometimes sexual activity, especially if it is secret or not part of a serious relationship. 2. infidelity or sexual misconduct. 3. dishonest or deceitful behavior; trickery; misbehavior.
Hard Copy: a physical copy of digital information printed out onto paper by a computer, as opposed to digitally stored information displayed on a screen or stored on a removable disk.
Hard-Headed: to be hard-headed usually means to be stubborn and inflexible; to not be willing to change one’s opinion or position; to be extremely willful; (rarely) clever and shrewd; practical; realistic; not overly influenced by emotions.
Has A Ring To It: when something, such as a title or name, has a ring to it, it sounds appealing, satisfying, appropriate, pleasing to the ear, etc.
Hash Out: to discuss or review it in-depth, especially in order to reach an agreement.
Haul Someone Over the Coals: to haul or drag someone over the coals means to angrily scold or reprimand them.