a speech that you give to people in order to encourage them to work harder or win a competition.

I thought I'd give the lads a pep talk before the match.

• have bags under eyes
• have bags under your eyes
• have bats in the belfry
• have beady eye on
• have beady eye on someone
• have beady eye on something
• have been around
• have been around a bit
• have been in the wars
• have big ears
• have bigger fish to fry
• have blinders on
• have blood on hands
• have blood on your hands
• have both feet on the ground
• have burning a hole in pocket
• have burning a hole in your pocket
• have butterflies
• have butterflies in stomach
• have butterflies in your stomach
• have by the balls
• have by the short and curlies
• have cake and eat it
• have cake and eat it too
• have carte blanche