迷你對話：
A: I always feel I’m left high and dry with nobody to rely on.
A: 我經(jīng)常感覺到自己孤獨(dú)無助，沒有人可以信賴。
B: Don’t be fool. I’ll always side with you.
B: 別傻了，我會永遠(yuǎn)支持你。
A: I appreciate your kindness.
A: 謝謝你的好意。
地道表達(dá)：
high and dry
解詞釋義：
high和dry詞義分別為“高的”和“干燥的”。該習(xí)語直接翻譯是“該東西高高掛起，就容易邊干”，其寓意就像“曲高和寡”一樣，可以引申為“孤獨(dú)無助”。通常它和leave連用，而且多用于被動語態(tài)中。
支持范例：
When the factory closed down, the workers were left high and dry.
工廠倒閉后，工人們的生活沒有著落。
He left her high and dry in a strange country without any money.
他把她遺棄在異國他鄉(xiāng), 身無分文, 處于困境.
When you go away, I'll be left high and dry.
你一走，就剩下我孤單單的一個人了。
There I was, high and dry in a strange city with only five dollars in my pocket.
我被拋棄在一個陌生的城市里，口袋里只有5元美元。
The cruel man took all the money and left his own grandmother high and dry.
這個殘酷的人把所有的錢財都拿走了，撇下他自己的外祖母一人無依無靠。
詞海拾貝：
1. rely on：依靠，依賴
Eg. Don' t rely on him to do anything he' s just a big talker.
什么事都不要依靠他--他光會說空話。
Eg. You can rely on me to keep your secret.
你盡管相信我一定為你保密。
Eg. Don't rely on his memory: he's a bit of a dreamer.
要相信他的記憶力－－他有點(diǎn)神不守舍的。
Eg. The question is whom we should rely on in the struggle.
問題是在這一斗爭中我們應(yīng)當(dāng)依靠誰。
2. side with：支持，擁護(hù)
Eg. I side with him on this question.
在這一問題上我同他站在一邊。
Eg. The children all side with the mother when she left her husband .
當(dāng)她離開丈夫時，孩子們都向著其母親。
Eg. I side with you and wish to read an article of yours in our college journal.
我支持你，期望可以在?？峡吹侥愕拇笞?。