| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| higher than a kite |
drunk, natural high, sloshed
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Don't let him drive - he's higher than a kite.
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| highfalutin |
proud, pretentious
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We need a musician, not some highfalutin rock star!
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| hightail it |
leave in a hurry, run away
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If the bull gets loose, you hightail it for the house.
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| hill of beans |
not very much, very little
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What I lose in the poker games doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
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| hip |
sophisticated, fashionable, cool, groovy, with it
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It ain't hip to say doll. You got to say chick now.
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| hip hop (generation) |
young adults in the rap-music era with their own slang and subculture
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I'm hip hop and if you don't like rap you're wack !
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| hire on |
get work, get a job, catch on
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Norm was hired on as a roughneck with an oil company.
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| his nibs |
a man who acts high class, His Royal Highness
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We were having fun till his nibs walked in and told us to be quiet.
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| his own man |
independent man, one who makes his own decisions
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Ken will do his job, but he does it his way. He's his own man.
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| His Royal Highness |
the king, His Majesty
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His Royal Highness would like you to play your lute for him.
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