H
Half: Going off half cocked
Ham: Ham actor
Hand: To get the upper hand*
To
get out of hand*
Handle: To fly off the handle
Hands down: To win hands down
Hang out: Where do you hang out
Hanky panky: To get up to some hanky panky
Hard up: I'm hard up
Harp on:
Hat: At the drop of a hat
Throw
your hat into the ring
Knocked
into a cocked hat
It's
old hat
Hatchet: Bury the hatchet
Hatter: Mad as a hatter
Havock: To cry havock
Haywire: To go Haywire
Hector: To hector someone
Heath Robinson: A Heath Robinson solution*
Hedge: To hedge one's bets
Hem & Haw*
Hep: Hepcat
Herring: A red herring
Hiding: A hiding to nothing
Hijack:
Hippie:
Hobnob:
Hobo:
Hobson: Hobson's choice
Hog: To go the whole hog
Hollow: To beat someone hollow
Hook: By hook or by crook
Hookey: To play hookey*
Sling
your hook*
Hoop: To go through the hoop
Horseplay:
Horse: Never look a gift horse in the mouth
A
dark horse
Humble: To eat humble pie
Humbug: You're full of humbug
Hump: To get the hump*
I
Image: Spitting image
Iron: To strike while the iron is hot
Irons: To have too many irons in the fire
J
Jack: Jack Tar, Jack of all trades etc. See Tar
Jeopardy: In jeopardy
Jiffy: Done in a jiffy
Jot: I don't give a jot
Jug: In jug
K
Keep: Keep it up
Keep your end up. See End*
Kibosh:
Knuckle: To knuckle under; to knuckle down, etc
L
Lam: On the lam*
Large: At large
Lark: To lark about
Larry: To be as happy as Larry*
Law: Possession is nine points of the Law
Lead: To swing the lead
Leg: Pull my leg
Show
a leg
Level: To do your level best
On
the level
Level
pegging
Lick: To lick into shape
To
go at a great lick*
Lily: Lily livered
Limelight: In the limelight
Line: My job is on the line
Toe
the line
What's
your line?
Lines: To read between the lines
Hard
lines*
Loaf: Use you loaf
Lock: Lock, stock and barrel
Loggerheads: At loggerheads
Long: So long
Lurch: To be left in the lurch
