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What does this idiom mean 'to be on a high'?



 
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What does this idiom mean 'to be on a high'? #1 (permalink) Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:31 am   What does this idiom mean 'to be on a high'?
 

Test No. incompl/inter-56 "High and Low", question 1

She's ......... a high at the moment because everything is going her way.

(a) in
(b) on
(c) for
(d) at

Test No. incompl/inter-56 "High and Low", answer 1

She's on a high at the moment because everything is going her way.

Correct answer: (b) on

Your answer was: incorrect
She's for a high at the moment because everything is going her way.
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On a high #2 (permalink) Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:29 am   On a high
 

She's on a high = she is very happy.
Everything goes her way = everything is like she wants it to be.
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What does this idiom mean 'to be on a high'? #3 (permalink) Wed Apr 25, 2007 23:54 pm   What does this idiom mean 'to be on a high'?
 

Is this idiom English English? I've never heard of this before even though I can guess the answer easily enough.
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What does this idiom mean 'to be on a high'? #4 (permalink) Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:43 am   What does this idiom mean 'to be on a high'?
 

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It is familiar to me, and I'm AmE-- in fact, I think we might have originated it, back in the '60s. I'm not sure, though; my memory of those days is a little fragmentary.
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What does this idiom mean 'to be on a high'? #5 (permalink) Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:02 am   What does this idiom mean 'to be on a high'?
 

Oh OK. Thanks...my circle of friends never used it I guess.
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