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- adjective idiomatic Abandoned, helpless.
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reesetee commented on the word high and dry
Stranded, without help or hope of recovery. This term originally referred to ships that were beached. "Dry" implies that they were not only out of the water, but had been for some time and could be expected to remain so.
December 11, 2007