something that you say which means people often intend to do good things but much of the time, they do not make the effort to do those things.

'I kept meaning to visit her but I didn't get round to it.' 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions.'

• have back to the wall
• 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