high and dry

The depression left his business high and dry.

不景气使他的生意陷入困境.

They wasn't so high . and dry, nohow, but took their fling , like jolly companions every one.'

他们可不像你那样古板, 而是想怎么着就怎么着, 个个都欢天喜地. ”

It was lying high and dry away in the desert.

它位于大漠无水的地方.

Tom took all the money and left me high and dry.

汤姆把所有的钱都拿走了,使我陷于困境.

He took all the money and left me high and dry.

他拿走了所有的钱,使我陷于困境.

We are left behind, high and dry.

我们被抛在后面, 孤立无援.

When the tide went out , the boat was high and dry.

潮水退后小船搁浅了.

They drew the boat up high and dry to escape the summer floods.

他们把船拖到岸上,以防夏季洪水.

He left her high and dry in a strange country without any money.

他把她遗弃在异国他乡,身无分文,处于困境.

The project evaporated and Harry was left high and dry.

那个项目逐渐叫停，哈里陷入了困境。

I can't just leave him high and dry.

我不能看着他孤立无援.

Schools with better reputations will be flooded with applications while poorer schools will be left high and dry.

较有名气的学校将会收到如潮水涌至般的申请，而差一些的学校则会陷入招生困境。

At half-tide she must be high and dry.'

潮水不大时,它就干搁在那里. ”

The cruel man took all the money and left his own grandmother high and dry.

这个残酷的人把所有的钱财都拿走了,撇下他自己的外祖母一人无依无靠.