Persephone  +  153475 Mon, 31 Oct 05 11:29 AM Hiya, what does "High and Dry" mean?   Thanks a lot! Persephone Persephone Joined on Sat, Oct 29 2005 New Member 04

	Waïti  +  153479 Mon, 31 Oct 05 12:12 PM The one expression I know usually goes 'to leave someone high and dry'. It means to leave someone stranded, in a difficult situation that they will have trouble escaping... I think 'high and dry' is an idiom that originally applied to ships. Having a ship 'high and dry' probably meant the ship was under significant repair that required to take it out of water in a dry place. Or something around those lines... Hope this helped. Waïti Joined on Thu, Aug 25 2005 Regular Member 568 Idioms

	Persephone  +  154677 Thu, 03 Nov 05 09:21 AM Waiti, Thanks a lot for your help ! I was wondering what "High and Dry" meant, and now I see cleary.Again, thank you very, very much. Greetings, Peresephone   Persephone

	Waïti  +  154741 Thu, 03 Nov 05 01:42 PM No problem, Persephone, my pleasure... The slightly different interpretation I got in the meantime has to do with a boat drift ashore as the result of some natural event like a hurricane, and therefore lying uphill from sea level.. So it's still about boats, but not taken out from water for repair. I think this second version makes more sense. Waïti. Waïti