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hole-in-the-wall
hole in the wall
A small place to live, stay in, or work in; a small, hidden, or inferior place.
The jewelry store occupied a tiny hole-in-the-wall.
When Mr. and Mrs. Green were first married, they lived in a little hole-in-fhe-wall in a cheap apartment building.
A tunnel.
Let's get through this hole in the wall, then we'll change seats.
holier-than-thou
Acting as if you are better than others in goodness, character, or reverence for God; acting as if morally better than other people.
After Mr. Howard stopped smoking, he had a holier-than-thou manner toward his friends who still smoked.
Most people find holier-than-thou actions in others hard to accept.
holistic health
The maintenance of health and the avoidance of disease through such psychogenic practices and procedures as biofeedback, meditation, alternative methods of childbirth, and avoidance of drugs.
The Murgatroyds are regular holistic health freaks - why, they won't even take aspirin when they have a headache.
holy cats
holy cow
holy mackerel
holy Moses
Used to express strong feeling (as astonishment, pleasure, or anger); used in speech or when writing conversation.
Используется для выражения сильный эмоций; "Вот это да! Ну и дела!"
"Holy cats! That's good pie!" said Dick.
"Holy cow! They can't do that!" Mary said when she saw the boys hurting a much smaller boy.
Holy cow! I didn’t know she had three children!
Вот это да! Я и не знал, что у неё трое детей.
home plate
The base in baseball where the batter stands and that a runner must touch to score.
The runner slid across home plate ahead of the tag to score a run.
hook, line and sinker
Without question or doubt; completely.
Bobby trusted Jim so he was taken in by his hard-luck story hook, line and sinker.
Johnny was so easily fooled that he fell for Joe's story, hook, line and sinker.
Mary was such a romantic girl that she swallowed the story Alice told her about her date, hook, line and sinker.
hope against hope
To try to hope when things look black; hold to hope in bad trouble.
Jane hoped against hope that Joe would call her.
The mother continued to hope against hope although the plane was hours late.
horns of a dilemma
Two choices possible in a situation in which neither is wanted. Usually used after on.
Joe found himself on the horns of a dilemma; if he went to work, he'd miss seeing Mary; if he stayed out, he'd he too broke to take her anywhere.