A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

high beam • high beams
high beam —said of car lights set for maximum long-range
illumination of the road ahead: Eddie drove the old Sedan de
Ville cautiously, the headlights on high beam.
high beams —horizontal cross timbers of a hayloft, garret,
etc.: Larry lifted the sticky brown carpet … stripped paint
from the high beams in the living room.
high-boy • tallboy
high-boy —(U.S.) a tall chest of drawers (often raised on
legs), usually in two parts, one standing on the other: During
the Queen Anne period in America, the highboy attained its
characteristic form. Cf.: lowboy —(U.S.) a low chest of drawers,
about three feet high on short legs: This is a reproduction of a
lowboy likely built in Rhode Island. The concave blocked cen-
ter drawer presents an interesting relief.
tallboy —
1
. = high-boy: He polished the mahogany tallboy,
the legs and arms of the dining chairs; plumped up the blue
and brown satin cushions. 2. (U.S. sl.) a sixteen ounce can of
beer (.48 liter): They don’t sell tallboys at hockey stadiums
any more as too many people were chucking them onto the ice.
high-brow • high-browed
high-brow —
1
. (of people) highly intellectual or aesthetically
refined: I’m not a very high-brow individual and I usually
don’t enjoy abstract art. 2. (of things) sophisticated and requir-
ing intellectual effort to be understood: Prior to going off on
a high-browed tirade about “assumed incompatibilism,” you
may want to learn the definition.
high-browed —
1
. (of a building, doorway, etc.) having a high
entrance: I approach the front entryway, and as expected, that
high browed door whips right open for me. 2. = high-brow 
1
.:
Classical music fans will think you’re pop, pop fans will see
you as a high-browed “artiste.” 3. = high-brow 2.: But enough
of the high-browed analysis. In the end, it’s a very good read.