high and dry
Speech parts
1. high and dry - Adjective
2. high and dry - Phrase
Meaning
Left out of water, stranded on a beach, or in the stocks for repair, or in dry dock.
(idiomatic) Abandoned, stranded, helpless.
(derogatory, idiomatic) Associated with the high church (the Church of England and other Anglican traditions, in reference to their "high" political position in England and "dry"/austere mode of worship), as opposed to the "low and slow" Evangelical party and the "broad and shallow" broad church.
(US, idiomatic, slang, of a sandwich) With no condiments.
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But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
The last member of the party to disembark was a girl of about nineteen, and it was the young man who stood at the boat's prow to lift her high and dry upon land. She gave him a brave and pretty smile of thanks, but no words passed between them.
Doing something like that, quite radically changing your approach to sound in one go, could leave you high and dry. It's happened before where people have changed direction and then everyone's stopped liking their music.
"High and Dry" became a modest hit, but Radiohead's growing fanbase was insufficient to repeat the worldwide success of "Creep".
Chronic stress can also increase cortisol levels, which subsequently decreases sex hormones, leaving you high and dry (too visual?
As we greedily plunder the world’s bread basket, it’s the consumer who benefits, while those at the source can be left high and dry.