high and dry

Meaning

1. 1

   in a position out of the water

   Their yacht was left high and dry on a sandbank.

2. 2

   in a difficult situation, without help or money

In the movies · 4

• All the shit that we ve been through He gonna leave me high and dry That s bullshitCreed II2018
• About how you left me high and dry to get my ass kicked by Sack again?Wedding Crashers2005
• One night at the opera He saw an Aida Whose bust was so big it would often impede her Bug-eyed, he watched her fall into the pit Done in by the weight of those terrible tits Oh, my God There she blows Aerodynamically, this girl was a mess Otto eyeballed the diva lying comatose amongst the reeds And he suddenly felt the fire of inspiration flood his soul He ran back to his workshop where he futzed and futzed and futzed ALL: For Otto Titsling had found his quest To lift and mold the female breast To point the small ones to the sky To keep the big ones high and dry Every night he'd sweat and snort Searching for the right support He tried some string and paper clips La-la-la-la-la-la-la Hey, he even tried his own two lipsBeaches1988
• Associate. Last movie you produced? - High and Dry.Argo2012

Learn it in full scenes

• Beaches1988
  • CC Meets Hillary on the Boardwalk
  • CC Melts Down After Losing the Part
  • CC and Hillary Grow Up by Letter

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• be on your high horse
• have a high old time
• high and mighty
• high as a kite
• in high dudgeon
• smell, stink, to high heaven
• hell or high water
• take, claim, seize, the moral high ground
• of a high order
• a high profile
• it's about time
• on high