Home of English Grammar

Grammar Guide
  • Home
  • Exercises
  • Rules
  • Test Yourself
  • Tools
    • Grammar Checker
    • Word Counter
  • Top Social Media Posts
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing Guides
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Words / Idioms – H

Idioms – H

August 27, 2016 - pdf

Hard and fast

If a rule is hard and fast, it is fixed and definitive.

Hard feelings

Hard feelings are feelings of resentment.

Hard up

When you are hard up you are short of money.

Make a hash of

To make a hash of something is to make a mess of it.

Pass the hat round

To pass the hat round is to collect contributions of money.

Take your hat off to

This is an expression used to express your admiration for someone.

As mad as a hatter

If somebody is as mad as a hatter, they are completely insane.

Bury the hatchet

To bury the hatchet is to end a quarrel.

Play havoc with

To play havoc with something is to completely disrupt it.

Make hay while the sun shines

To make hay while the sun shines is to make good use of an opportunity while it lasts.

Come to a head

To come to a head is to reach a crisis.

Go to someone’s head

When success goes to your head, it makes you feel too proud.

Head over heels

When you are head over heels in love with someone, you are madly in love with them.

A head start

A head start is an advantage gained at the beginning.

Make head or tail of

When you can’t make head or tail of something, you can’t understand it at all.

Heap something on

To heap praise on someone is to give them too much praise.

  • The media heaped praise on the actor.

At heart

He is kind at heart. (= He is kind in his real nature.)

  • Share
  • Post
  • Post
  • Email
2,485,429 
735,807 

Grammar Checker

GrammarCheck.net - Try online
Hint → Bookmark GrammarCheck for future use.

Latest Exercises

  • Prepositions Exercise for ESL Students November 30, 2025
  • B1 Level Grammar Exercise November 29, 2025
  • ESL Grammar Exercise – Prepositions And Conjunctions November 28, 2025
  • Enough, Too, So November 27, 2025
  • Relative Pronouns And Adverbs Exercise November 24, 2025
  • Tenses in Subordinate Clauses ESL Grammar Exercise November 22, 2025
  • Gap Filling General Grammar Exercise November 21, 2025
  • Intermediate Level ESL Grammar Exercise Gap Filling November 20, 2025
  • Gerund vs. Infinitive ESL Grammar Exercise November 19, 2025

Copyright © 2025 · EnglishGrammar.org
Disclaimer · Privacy Policy · Sitemap