to be forgotten because something else happens.

This scandal will never blow over unless something even worse happens.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of blow over (= to be pushed down by wind)

• have the makings of something
• have the measure of
• have the measure of someone
• have the measure of something
• have the right of first refusal
• have the right to first refusal
• have the run of
• have the run of somewhere
• have the run of swh
• have the stomach for
• have the stomach for something
• have the time
• have the time of life
• have the time of your life
• have the upper hand
• have the weight of the world on shoulders
• have the weight of the world on your shoulders
• have the whip hand
• have the world at feet
• have the world at your feet
• have time
• have time on hands
• have time on side
• have time on your hands
• have time on your side