high and dry

English translation: stranded

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English term or phrase:	high and dry
Selected answer:	stranded
Entered by:	jerrie

09:05 Mar 5, 2004

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English term or phrase: high and dry

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stranded

Explanation:
out on a limb / on your own / up * creek without a paddle etc

If you want an explanation of this term ;-)

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high and dry

- stranded, out of the current of events

They left him high and dry when they moved the company to Europe.

Idiom: high and dry

Stranded or helpless; defenceless.
Thesaurus: abandoned, marooned, stranded, bereft, helpless.
Said of boats: out of the water.

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jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:34

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4 +13

stranded

jerrie

5 +1

Left in a desperate situation...

Carley Hydusik

4 +2

‚P

humbird

leave sb high and dry (informal) = to do something which is very inconvenient for someone and ...

chica nueva

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +13

stranded

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 19

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peer agreement (net): +1

Left in a desperate situation...

Explanation:
IF this is a general context (i.e. not technical), and if someone is "left high and dry", they are left in a tough or desperate situation, with no way out, or left all alone. Literally, it comes from ships getting beached on the shore...

High and dry, out of water; out of reach of the current or tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached.

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Hm... now I see you asked for a medical context. The only thing I have found so far is \"out of water\", i.e. dehydrated? Could we have more context?

Carley Hydusik
Local time: 06:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

‚P

Explanation:
1) Literally not wet, above water level (When tide came, the towell was still high and dry).
2) Without help and left alone to care for oneself (Example: When the work get harder, others left. He found himself high and dry).

From: "The Dictionary of American Idiom"

humbird
Native speaker of:

Japanese,

English

12 hrs confidence:

leave sb high and dry (informal) = to do something which is very inconvenient for someone and ...

Explanation:
leave sb high and dry (informal) = to do something which is very inconvenient for someone and put them in a very difficult situation eg They pulled out of the deal at the last minute leaving us high and dry.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chica nueva
Local time: 22:34
Native speaker of: English

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