Phrase info Synonyms Antonyms

high and low

Speech parts

1. high and low - Adverb

2. high and low - Phrase

Meaning

everywhere

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Antonyms

Examples

There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from. Bernard Mandeville

Come sleep, O sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, The indifferent judge between the high and low. Philip Sidney

Thou art Justice - ne'er for gold May thy righteous laws be sold As laws are in England - thou Shield'st alike the high and low. Percy Bysshe Shelley

Let the world slide, let the world go; A fig for care, and a fig for woe! If I can't pay, why I can owe, And death makes equal the high and low. John Heywood

When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low. Ramakrishna

Death makes equal the high and low. Romanian Proverb

Words in the phrase

Close letter words and terms