high and dry English

Meaning high and dry meaning

What does high and dry mean?

high and dry adjective

— Left out of water, stranded on a beach, or in the stocks for repair, or in dry dock.

— Abandoned, stranded, helpless.

— (pejorative) Associated with the high church (the Church of England and other Anglican traditions, in reference to their "high" political position in England and "dry"/austere mode of worship), as opposed to the "low and slow" Evangelical party and the "broad and shallow" broad church.

— (US, slang, of a, sandwich) With no condiments.