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The meaning of, and background to, well-known expressions and phrases beginning with the letter "H"

Well-Known Expressions

18 expressions starting with "H"

How Now, Brown Cow?

How does that grab you?

Hope for the best and prepare (or plan) for the worst

Hope for the best and prepare (or plan) for the worst

Honesty is the best policy

Home, sweet home

Home is where the heart is

His/her eyes are bigger than his/her stomach

His/her eyes are bigger than his/her stomach

Hell have no fury like a woman scorned

Heard It On the Grapevine

He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon

He who pays the piper calls the tune

He who laughs last, lasts best

He who laughs last laughs best

He who hesitates is lost

Handsome is as handsome does

Half a loaf is better than none

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