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Condescending or supercilious toward

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Q: What does the idiom 'high hat' mean?
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What does the idiom 'eat your hat' mean?

Eat your hat: a statement made when you are positive that something will happen, as in "I'll eat my hat if our team loses this game."


What does the idiom on your high horse mean?

Nothing. The correct idiom is "get OFF your high horse," meaning stop acting so conceited as if you are above everyone else.


What is the meaning of the idiom 'Hold on to your hat'?

It was a phrase. "Hold on to your hat, there is going to be a bumpy road ahead"!


What does the idiom with his tail flying in the sky mean?

This isn't an idiom - it's talking about some animal with their tail held high, flying behind them.


What is an example sentence for the idiom take off your hat to someone?

You had to take your hat off to him based on his success.


What does the phrase your hat keep it mean?

Literally, this is going to be a fast, rough ride and your hat will blow off if you don't hang on to it. Figuratively, we're going to do something fast with few precautions.


What does this idiom mean she has a baby in her bonnet?

Nothing. I'm afraid you've got the idiom incorrectly. Perhaps you actually heard "a bee in her bonnet," which means that someone has an idea that won't go away, as if there were a bee in their hat that they could not ignore.


Can you give a sample sentence using the idiom drop of a hat?

John loved to dance and would do so at the drop of a hat.


What does the idiom 'the dead fish smelled to high heaven' mean?

This is not an idiom. Idioms make little or no sense unless you know the definition. This sentence makes perfect sense, so it is not an idiom. The dead fish smelled so bad that even as high as Heaven, you could smell them.


What does the idiom pull your name from a hat mean?

The idiom "pull your name from a hat" means to choose or select something randomly or without any particular reason or method. It suggests a random or arbitrary decision-making process.


What does the idiom get on your high horse mean?

Getting on your high horse means that you are looking down on someone with a haughty or superior attitude.


What does the idiom reach for the sky mean?

"Sky high" just means very high. You usually hear this as "blown sky high," which would mean either (literally) something exploded and was thrown high in the air, or (figuratively) that someone's plans were thoroughly destroyed.