high and dry

high and dry
1) выброшенный или вытащенный на берег (о судне)

Here he found himself in the midst of ten or twelve men... who were gathered about a ship's boat which they had dragged up high and dry. (H. R. Haggard, ‘Stella Fregelius’, ch. VIII) — Он оказался в компании десяти-двенадцати человек... собравшихся около корабельной шлюпки, которую они вытащили на берег.

2) покинутый, оставленный (в беде); ≈ на мели (обыкн. left high and dry)

Realizing... that she was now left high and dry without a penny, Reina appeared to be shuttled between fear and rage... (Th. Dreiser, ‘A Gallery of Women’, ‘Reina’) — Понимая... что дело плохо, что у нее ни пенни в кармане, Рейна испытывала то ярость, то страх...

I don't want to be left high and dry when everybody else's being saved and sent to Heaven. (E. Caldwell, ‘Georgia Boy’, ch. II) — Не оставаться же мне на бобах, когда все прочие обретут спасение и вознесутся на небеса.

‘You ruined my night too,’ Lew went on, ‘Sneaking off with her like that and leaving me high and dry.’ (D. Cusack and F. James, ‘Come in Spinner’, ‘Sunday IV’) — - Ты мне тоже испортил вечер, - продолжала Лу. - Тихонько улизнул с Гини и бросил меня на произвол судьбы.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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