The term 'high and dry' is used to describe a situation in which something is stranded, BEACHED, AGROUND, or MAROONED. Stranded means to be left behind or isolated, while BEACHED means to be stuck on the shoreline. AGROUND means to be stuck on the bottom of a body of water, and MAROONED means to be abandoned on an island or other remote location. All of these terms refer to a situation in which something is stuck in an undesirable location with no way to move forward.