(uncountable) The location of high tide on a coastal area. / The state of the tide when the water is at its highest. / (countable) The highest stage of a river.

high tides

(of trousers) Being or resembling highwaters, long pants with a noticeable gap between the hem and the top of the wearer's foot; hence, short.

(literally) A mark, such as a line of seaweed, showing the highest level reached by a body of water.

(idiomatic) Highly adverse circumstances; acts of God.

No matter what the adverse circumstances.

No matter what the adverse circumstances.

plural of high-water mark

(idiomatic) Regardless of the hardships.

Alternative form of happy as a clam