گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'high and dry'

1 general:: Phrase(s): high and dry Fig. safe; unbothered by difficulties; unscathed. (As if someone or something were safe from a flood. See also leave someone high and dry.) • While the riot was going on down on the streets, I was high and dry in my apartment. • Liz came out of the argument high and dry.

2 general:: Stranded, as in They walked out on the party, leaving me high and dry. This expression originally alluded to a ship that had run aground or was in dry dock. Its figurative use dates from the late 1800s.