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[honor] See: DO THE HONORS, IN HONOR OF, ON ONE’S HONOR.

[hook] See: BY HOOK OR BY CROOK, GET THE HOOK at GET THE BOUNCE(2), GIVE THE HOOK at GIVE THE BOUNCE(2), OFF THE HOOK.

[hooked on]{adj.} 1. Addicted to a substance such as cigarettes, coffee, tea, drugs, or alcohol. •/Fred is hooked on grass, but Tim is only hooked on tea./ 2. Enthusiastic or very supportive of something. •/I am hooked on the local symphony./

[hookey] See: PLAY HOOKEY.

[hook, line and sinker]{adv. phr.}, {informal} Without question or doubt; completely. •/Johnny was so easily fooled that he fell for Joe’s story, hook, line and sinker./ •/Mary was such a romantic girl that she swallowed the story Alice told her about her date, hook, line and sinker./ •/Bobby trusted Jim so he was taken in by his hard-luck story hook, line and sinker./

[hookup]{n.} A connection, electrical or otherwise, between two instruments or two individuals. •/Edwin and Hermione are a perfect couple; they have got the right hookup./

[hook up]{v. phr.} To connect or fit together. •/The company sent a man to hook up the telephone./ •/They could not use the gas stove because it had not been hooked up./

[hoop] See: JUMP THROUGH A HOOP.

[hop] See: MAD AS A HORNET Or MAD AS HOPS.

[hop, skip and a jump] See: STONE’S THROW.

[hope] See: CROSS ONE’S HEART or CROSS ONE’S HEART AND HOPE TO DIE, IN HOPES.

[hope against hope]{v. phr.} To try to hope when things look black; hold to hope in bad trouble. •/The mother continued to hope against hope although the plane was hours late./ •/Jane hoped against hope that Joe would call her./

[hop to it]{v. phr.}, {slang} To get started; start a job; get going. •/"There’s a lot to do today, so let’s hop to it," the boss said./

[hopped up]{adj.}, {slang} 1. Doped with a narcotic drug. •/Police found Jones hiding in an opium den, among other men all hopped up with the drug./ 2. Full of eagerness; excited. •/Fred was all hopped up about going over the ocean./

[horn] See: BLOW ONE’S OWN HORN or TOOT ONE’S OWN HORN, PULL IN ONE’S HORNS or DRAW IN ONE’S HORNS, TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS.

[hornet] See: MAD AS A HORNET or MAD AS HOPS or MAD AS A WET HEN, STIR UP A HORNET’S NEST.

[horn in]{v.}, {slang} To come in without invitation or welcome; interfere. Often used with "on". •/Jack would often horn in on conversations discussing things he knew nothing about./ •/Lee horned in on Ray and Annie and wanted to dance with Annie./ Compare: BUTT IN.

[horns of a dilemma]{n. phr.} Two choices possible in a situation in which neither is wanted. Usually used after "on". •/Joe found himself on the horns of a dilemma; if he went to work, he’d miss seeing Mary; if he stayed out, he’d he too broke to take her anywhere./

[horror] See: THROW UP ONE’S HANDS IN HORROR.

[horse] See: BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM or CHANGE HORSES IN MIDSTREAM, EAT LIKE A HORSE, HOLD ONE’S HORSES. IRON HORSE, LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE IS STOLEN, LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH, OFF ONE’S HIGH HORSE, ON ONE’S HIGH HORSE, PUT ONE’S MONEY ON A SCRATCHED HORSE, STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH.

[horsefeathers!]{n. phr.}, {slang} 1. Not true; I don’t believe what you’re saying. •/"Horsefeathers!" Brad cried. "I can’t believe a word of what you said about Jessica."/ 2. Exclamation of disgust. •/"Horsefeathers!" Fred cried. "We’ve just missed the bus."/ Compare: FIDDLESTICKS, BULLSHIT.

[horselaugh]{n. phr.} A loud, sarcastic, and derisive laugh. •/When the speaker praised politics as one of the oldest and noblest professions, his audience of college students gave him a horselaugh./

[horse around]{v.}, {slang} To join in rough teasing; play around. •/They were a hunch of sailors on shore leave, horsing around where there were girls and drinks./ •/John horsed around with the dog for a while when he came in from school./

[horse of a different color] or [horse of another color]{n. phr.}, {informal} Something altogether separate and different. •/Anyone can be broke, but to steal is a horse of a different color./ •/Do you mean that the boy with that pretty girl is her brother? I thought he was her boyfriend. Well, that’s a horse of another color./

[horse opera]{n. phr.} A Western movie in which cowboys and horses play a major part. •/John Wayne played in many horse operas./

[horseplay]{n.} Rough, practical joking. •/The newlyweds couldn’t get a wink of sleep all night because there was a lot of yelling and screaming outside of their window — the usual horseplay./

[horse sense]{n.}, {informal} A good understanding about what to do in life; good judgment; wisdom in making decisions. •/Bill had never been to college, but he had plenty of horse sense./ •/Some people are well educated and read many books, but still do not have much horse sense./

[horse trade]{n.} 1. The sale of a horse or the exchange of two horses. •/It was a horse trade in which the owner of the worse animal gave a rifle to make the trade equal./ 2. {informal} A business agreement or bargain arrived at after hard and skillful discussion. •/Party leaders went around for months making horse trades to get support for their candidate./ •/The horse trade finally called for a new car for the radio station in exchange for several weeks of advertising for the car dealer./