One day he just walked out, leaving her high and dry with three children and no means for substance.
有一天他突然离家,丢下她和3个孩子无依无靠,生计无着落。
My husband was very busy, and I was left high and dry.
最近我丈夫非常忙,只剩我一人了,孤立无助。
Mary was afraid she had left her towel where the tide would reach it, but she found it high and dry.
玛丽本担心她搁浴巾的地方潮水会溅到,但是她后来发现它并没有溅湿。
About20 Chinatown garment workers— who said their boss abruptly closed up shop, leaving them high and dry at Christmas— yesterday demanded$40,000 in back pay.