alleryStart learning →Which phrase is the natural way to say it: left high and dry, or left dry and high?
ALeft dry and high
BLeft high and dry
CBoth are used equally
DNeither is ever used
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Left high and dry
Some word pairs are fixed in one order, so a person is left high and dry, never dry and high.
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