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High and dry
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Meaning
Adj
●
Left
out of
water,
stranded
on a
beach
, or in the
stocks
for
repair
, or in
dry
dock.
●
Abandoned,
stranded
, helpless.
⚠️
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
.
●
In American English:
With no condiments.
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