English Dictionary

high and dry

形容詞

比較不可 慣用表現 軽蔑的 アメリカ英語 前置詞句 俗語

Left out of water, stranded on a beach, or in the stocks for repair, or in dry dock. / (idiomatic) Abandoned, stranded, helpless.

日本語の意味

放置され、救助や支援を受けられない孤立した状態 / 困難な状況に陥り、助けを得られない無力な状態 / 取り残され、行き場をなくして困惑している状態

After the storm, the fishing boat lay high and dry on the beach, its hull cracked and useless.

嵐の後、漁船は浜に打ち上げられて動けず、船体は割れて使い物にならなかった。

意味（1）

Left out of water, stranded on a beach, or in the stocks for repair, or in dry dock.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) Abandoned, stranded, helpless.

意味（3）

(derogatory, idiomatic) Associated with the high church (the Church of England and other Anglican traditions, in reference to their "high" political position in England and "dry"/austere mode of worship), as opposed to the "low and slow" Evangelical party and the "broad and shallow" broad church.

There are two recognized parties in the church of England, the old High-and-dry church party, and the so-called Evangelical. To one or other of these two the Anglo-Catholic must conform.

意味（4）

(US, idiomatic, slang, of a sandwich) With no condiments.