it is advisable to; it would be better to. (Most often used with contracted verbs like, I'd better, you'd better, she'd better, he'd better, we'd better, they'd better---always followed by the base form of the verb.)
--> Before you do any more work, you'd better make sure you are doing it right.
--> The doctor told the patient that he'd better go home and rest a couple days.
Hale and hearty
well and healthy. (A Cliché)
--> He looks hale and hearty.
--> I don't know what I look like, but I know I don't feel hale and hearty.
Hand in
to submit or deliver something that is due.
--> He handed in his resignation yesterday.
--> Every week I hand in a report to the teacher.
--> Have you handed in your request for a vacation?
Hand out
to distribute something; to pass something out to someone. (Note the different word order.)
--> Please hand these papers out to everyone.
--> Please hand out these papers to everyone.
--> After I handed out the food to the guests, I sat down and started eating.
Hand over
to give something to someone; to relinquish something to someone; to turn something over to someone.
--> Please hand over my billfold.
--> When the next shift comes on duty, please hand these instructions over to them.
Handwriting on the wall
an indication that something bad is about to take place.
--> I can see the handwriting on the wall; I can see that my career as a singer is almost over.
--> He wouldn't accept my advice. But now he himself sees the handwriting on the wall.
Hang a left (or a right)
to turn to the left or the right. (Slang)
--> Up at the stop light, hang a left.
--> At the next corner, hang a right.
Hang around
to spend a lot of time with someone; to waste away time with someone.
--> I do not like the friends she hangs around with.
--> I feel uncomfortable about that man. He has been hanging around all day.
Similar: Go around.
--> This year I have been going around with a new set of friends.
--> He is crazy about horses and spends all his time going around farms.
Hang in there
keep trying; persevere. (Slang)
--> I know things are tough, John, but hang in there.
--> I know if I hang in there, eventually things will turn out okay.
Hang on to (someone or something)
to keep someone or something firmly in one's grasp; to hold on to someone or something.
--> The child hung on to her mother's arm.
--> Please hang on to your purse. It might get stolen.
Hang on to (someone or something)
to remember someone or something for a long time; to be affected very much by someone or something from the past. (Never with the literal meaning of grasping or holding.)
--> That's a nice thought. Hang on to it.
--> You have been hanging on to memories of your father's death for too long. It's time to let them go.
Hang up
to replace a telephone receiver.
--> When you hear the busy signal, you're supposed to hang up.
--> She hung up before I finished talking.
Hang up
to hang clothes up on a hook, on clothes hangers, or on clothes lines.
--> Parents should teach their children to hang up their own clothes.
--> This morning I hung up all the shirts to dry out.
Hang-up
a personal problem. (Slang)
--> What's your hang-up?
--> We all have hang-ups. It's just that some of us have more serious hang-ups than other people.
Hard of hearing
partially deaf.
--> You will have to speak louder, I'm hard of hearing.
--> Please don't shout. I'm not hard of hearing.
Hard up
greatly in need of something. (Informal)
--> Ann was hard up for some work clothes. Everything she has is too good for work.
--> I am so hard up, I cannot even afford to buy food.
Hardly have time to breathe
to be very busy. (A Cliché)
--> It was such a busy day. I hardly had time to breathe.
--> They made him work so hard that he hardly had time to breathe.
Haste makes waste
a proverb meaning that time gained in doing something rapidly or carelessly will be lost when one has to do the thing over again correctly.
--> Haste makes waste. Slow down and take your time.
Have a big mouth
to be a gossiper; to be a person who tells secrets. (Informal)
--> Mary has a big mouth. She told everybody my secret.
--> Be careful what you say. You don't want people to say that you are a big-mouth.
Have a brush with (something)
to have a brief contact with something; to have an experience with something. (Especially with law enforcement agencies. Sometimes a close brush.)
--> Ann had a close brush with the law. She was nearly arrested for speeding.
--> When I was young I had a brush with the measles, but I never got sick.
