Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “high and dry“ and its meaning is “out of resources; without help, without assistance, helpless, in difficulties, in the lurch, abandoned, destitute, bereft”.
Example Sentence: Instead, schools were left high and dry, lacking the resources to make up for lost learning and to support the children most troubled by the disruption. Even the (UK) national tutoring programme (NTP) was botched first time round, with the contract given to a private company that could not deliver. Other research, including from Ofsted, has shown that very young children were among the worst affected by the pandemic, with increased social and emotional difficulties and delays.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on the pandemic’s educational impact: make good learning losses and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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