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heavy-duty
heavy duty
Made for long or hard use; very strong.
Mrs. Carlson bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean her greasy oven.
The lumberman used heavy-duty trucks for hauling logs down the mountains.
The workers in the steel mill have heavy-duty gloves for handling hot steel.
heavy-footed
Slow and clumsy in walking or movement; awkward in using your feet.
Martha is not fat, but she is heavy-footed and walks noisily.
The fat man tried to dance, but he was too heavy-footed.
Awkward in choice and order of words; not smooth and graceful; clumsy.
In Mary's compositions, the words seem to dance, but John's compositions are always heavy-footed.
Likely to drive an automobile fast.
Jerry is a bad driver because he is too heavy-footed.
heavy-handed
Not skillful or graceful; clumsy.
George is heavy-handed and seldom catches the ball.
My sister plays the piano badly; she is too heavy-handed.
Tim told a heavy-handed joke about the principal's baldness that embarrassed everyone.
Likely to hit or punish hard; harsh or cruel in making (someone) obey.
Many American colonists believed that the English tax collectors were too heavy-handed.
Years ago many fathers were heavy-handed bosses in their homes.
Indelicate. Clumsy.
Paul is a little heavy-handed at times, but mostly he’s reasonable.
hedge about
hedge in
To surround with a hedge or barrier; protect or separate by closing in.
The house is hedged about with hushes and trees.
The little garden is hedged in to keep the chickens out.
To keep from getting out or moving freely; keep from acting freely; block in.
The boys are hedged in today. They can only play in the backyard.
The king said he could not make new laws if he was so hedged in by old ones.
hell and high water
Troubles or difficulties of any kind.
After John's father died he went through hell and high water, but he managed to keep the family together.
hem and haw
To pause or hesitate while speaking, often with little throat noises.
The man was a poor lecturer because he hemmed and hawed too much.
To avoid giving a clear answer; be evasive in speech.
Избегать ясного ответа; быть уклончивым в своей речи.
Bobby hemmed and hawed when his parents asked him where he had spent the night.
Бобби что-то бормотал и мямлил, когда родители спрашивали его о том, где он провел ночь.
The principal asked Bob why he was late to school, and Bob only hemmed and hawed.
hem in
hem around
hem about
To put something around, or to be placed around; surround.
As soon as Tom and Bob started to fight, they were hemmed around by other boys.
Mountains hemmed the town in on all sides.
hen party
A party to which only women or girls are invited.
Женская компания, девичник
Every girl should have a hen party before the wedding.
Каждая девушка должна иметь девичник до свадьбы.
The sorority gave a hen party for its members.