high

Related to high: high court, high blood pressure

high

1. noun An extreme or maximum level of something. The high this week will be 80 degrees.
2. noun A state of drug-induced euphoria or intoxication. This stuff will give you a nice, mellow high.
3. noun A state of euphoria or happiness (not induced by drugs, though sometimes likened to such a state). The thrill of seeing the ultra-rare bird was a high I'll never forget. The high of my book tour was soon replaced with the dread of having to start writing the next one.
4. noun A period of general excellence; a pinnacle. A lot of fans think that rock music was at its high in the late '60s. The highs of parenthood make the lows worth it.
5. adjective Describing someone experiencing a state of drug-induced intoxication or euphoria. We got high before the concert. Mom was furious when she found out we were high at the family reunion.

high, wide, and handsome

1. Very impressive. For such a young girl, the extent of her musical knowledge is high, wide, and handsome.
2. Very happy. Johnny's in a bit of a bad mood, but just give him a new toy to play with and he'll be high, wide, and handsome again in no time.
See also: and, handsome

wear (one's) apron high

euphemism To be pregnant. You two have only been married for a couple of months, I can't believe you're wearing your apron high already!
See also: apron, high, wear
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

high

1. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. They went out for the evening to get high, and for no other reason.
2. n. a state of euphoria caused by drugs or alcohol. His life is nothing but one high after another.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

high

on/off the hog Slang
In a lavish or extravagant manner: lived high on the hog after getting his inheritance.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See:
  • (as) happy as a clam at high tide
  • (as) high as a kite
  • (as) high as the sky
  • (it's) (a)bout time
  • a high profile
  • adopt, keep, etc. a high/low profile
  • all-time high (low)
  • at the high port
  • be (as) happy as a clam (at high tide)
  • be as high as a kite
  • be flying high
  • be for the high jump
  • be held in high esteem
  • be held in high regard
  • be in high spirits
  • be in high/low spirits
  • be in low spirits
  • be knee-high to a grasshopper
  • be living high on the hog
  • be on (one's) high horse
  • be riding high
  • be riding high in the saddle
  • be/get on your high horse
  • blow sky-high
  • blow sky-high, to
  • blow somebody/something sky-high
  • blow something sky-high
  • buy low, sell high
  • by hell or high water
  • claim the moral high ground
  • climb on (one's) high horse
  • come hell and high water
  • come hell or high water
  • cork high and bottle deep
  • double Dutch
  • eat high off the hog
  • eat high on the hog
  • end (something) on a high note
  • finish (something) on a high note
  • fly high
  • flying high
  • for the high jump
  • friend in court
  • friends in high places
  • from on high
  • get high
  • get off (one's) high horse
  • get off high horse
  • get on (one's) high horse
  • get on your high horse
  • get the high sign
  • give (someone) the high sign
  • go out on a high note
  • go sky-high
  • go through hell and high water
  • going high
  • happy as a clam (at high tide)
  • happy as the day is long
  • have (high) hopes of (something)
  • have a bad opinion of (someone or something)
  • have a good opinion of (someone or something)
  • have a good, bad, high, low, etc. opinion of somebody/something
  • have a high old time
  • have a high opinion of (someone or something)
  • have a low opinion of (someone or something)
  • have friends in high places
  • hell and high water
  • hell or high water
  • hell or high water, come
  • hi(gh) vis
  • hi(gh) viz
  • high
  • high and dry
  • high and low
  • high and mighty
  • high as a kite
  • high cotton
  • high days and holidays
  • high five
  • high gear
  • high ground
  • high horse
  • high jinks
  • high man on the totem pole
  • high muckamuck
  • high muck-a-muck
  • high muckety muck
  • high mucky-muck
  • high noon
  • high note
  • high off the hog
  • high off the hog, eat
  • high off the hog, to eat/live
  • high old
  • high old time
  • high on
  • high on (something)
  • high on something
  • high on the hog
  • high on the/(one's) agenda
  • high places, friends in
  • high point (of something)
  • high profile
  • high roller
  • high seas
  • high sign
  • high society
  • high spot (of something)
  • high time
  • high ups
  • high, wide, and handsome
  • high-and-mighty
  • highbrow
  • highbrowed
  • high-button shoes
  • high-flier
  • high-handed
  • high-key
  • high-maintenance
  • high-pressure (one) into (doing something)
  • high-pressure into
  • high-res
  • high-strung
  • high-ups
  • high-water mark
  • highways and byways
  • high-wire act
  • hit the high
  • hit the high points
  • hit the high spots
  • hit the high spots, to
  • hold (one's) head (up) high
  • hold (one's) high
  • hold (someone) in high esteem
  • hold (someone) in high regard
  • hold in high regard
  • hold one’s high
  • hold one's head high
  • hold your head high
  • hunt high and low
  • hunt high and low (for someone or something)
  • in (high) hopes that
  • in demand
  • in fine feather
  • in full swing
  • in good spirits
  • in high cotton
  • in high dudgeon
  • in high feather
  • in high gear
  • in high places
  • in high spirits
  • in hopes of
  • into high gear
  • it is high time
  • it is high time that
  • it's about time
  • it's high time
  • it's high/about time...
  • keep a low profile
  • knee high to a grasshopper
  • knee-high by the 4th of July
  • knee-high in (something)
  • knee-high to a duck
  • knee-high to a grasshopper
  • knee-high to a jackrabbit
  • leave (one) high and dry
  • leave (something) on a high note
  • leave high and dry
  • leave someone high and dry
  • like hell and high lightning
  • live high off the hog
  • live high on the hog
  • look for (someone or something) high and low
  • look for high and low
  • look high and low
  • look high and low (for someone or something)
  • Lord High Everything Else
  • of the highest magnitude
  • of the highest order
  • of the highest/first order
  • on (one's) high horse
  • on a high
  • on high
  • on high horse
  • on one’s high horse
  • on one's high horse
  • on one's high horse, to be
  • on the high seas
  • on the high-road to Needham
  • on your high horse
  • pile it/them high and sell it/them cheap
  • ride high
  • riding high
  • rolling high
  • run high
  • running high
  • search high and low
  • search high and low (for someone or something)
  • seize the moral high ground
  • set (one's) sights high
  • set (one's) sights low
  • set a high/low bar
  • set the bar (high/low)
  • set your sights high/low
  • smell to high heaven
  • smell to high heaven, to
  • smell/stink to high heaven
  • standing in high cotton
  • stink to high heaven
  • swing into high gear
  • take the high ground
  • take the high road
  • take the moral high ground
  • take, claim, seize, etc. the moral high ground
  • the first/top rung on the ladder
  • the goose hangs high
  • the high ground
  • the high life
  • the high point/spot of something
  • the high road
  • the high sign
  • the highest branch is not the safest roost
  • the mile-high club
  • the moral high ground
  • through hell and high water
  • too (something) for comfort
  • too close/high, etc. for comfort
  • turn on
  • up high
  • wear (one's) apron high
  • with (one's) head held high
  • with a high hand
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