high and dry

Adjective

• Left out of water, stranded on a beach, or in the stocks for repair, or in dry dock.
• Abandoned, stranded, helpless.
• Associated with the high church (the Church of England and other Anglican traditions, in reference to their "high" political position in England and "dry"/austere mode of worship), as opposed to the "low and slow" Evangelical party and the "broad and shallow" broad church.
• With no condiments.