be a fully paid-up member of (something)

informal, informal

to be part of a particular group.

Unlike former leaders, he displays a degree of sensitivity that shows him to be a fully paid-up member of the human race.

• have pick of something
• have pins and needles
• have pity on
• have pity on someone
• have pride of place
• have rolling in the aisles
• have second thoughts
• have seen better days
• have seen more something than has had hot dinners
• have seen more something than someone has had hot dinners
• have seen more than has had hot dinners
• have seen more than someone has had hot dinners
• have seen the last of
• have seen the last of someone
• have seen the last of something
• have several strings to bow
• have several strings to your bow
• have share of
• have share of something
• have shit for brains
• have sights set on
• have sights set on doing something
• have sights set on something
• have someone by the balls
• have someone by the short and curlies