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

heaven 
(be in heaven; blue heavens;
drop from heaven; in heaven; manna
from heaven; son of heaven, the;
under heaven)
heavily 
(walk heavily)
heavy 
(walk heavy)
heel 
(cool one’s heels; dig one’s heels
in; kick one’s heels; kick up one’s
heels; set someone back on his heels;
tread on someone’s heels)
hell 
(as hell; cold as hell; cold winter in
hell; come hell or high water; come
through hell and high water; go to
hell; go to hell in a handbasket; like
hell)
hen 
(mad as a wet hen)
here 
(down here; neither here not
there)
herring 
(thick as herrings; thin as a
herring)
hide 
(neither hide nor hair)
high 
(be on a high; fly high; look high
and low; ride high; ride high in the
saddle; run high; speak high)
highly 
(speak highly; talk highly)
hill 
(go over the hill; go over the hills
and far away; head for the hills; over
the hill)
hint 
(drop a hint; give a hint)
history 
(be ancient history; be history;
become history; do history; go
down in history; life history; make
history)
hit 
(make a hit with someone)
hog 
(go the whole hog; ride high on
the hog)
hold 
(get hold of someone; have hold
of someone; lose hold of someone;
lose hold over someone; take hold of
someone)
holder 
(key-holder)
hole 
(black hole; black hole of calcutta;
dig a hole for oneself; in a hole; in
the hole; toad in a hole; toad in the
hole; water hole; watering hole)
holiday 
(half-holiday; half-term holi-
day)
home 
(at home; attached home; be
from a broken home; be too close to
home; boarding home; come home;
come home to roost; come short
home; community home; dog’s
home; eat someone out of house and
home; go home; go in a home; hit
close to home; hit home; make a
home; mobile home; motor home;
nurses’ home; nursing home; play
away from home; public home;
remand home; rest home; welcome
home; welcome home husband,
however drunk you be)