Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Head and Shoulders

A phrase of sundry shades of meaning. Thus “head and shoulders taller” means considerably tall; to turn one out head and shoulders means to drive one out forcibly and without ceremony.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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