have

have (oneself) (something)

To enjoy or indulge in something. I'm going to sit down in the shade and have myself a cold glass of lemonade.
See also: have

have an edge on

To be drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You really had an edge on.
See also: edge, have, on

have an edge on (someone or something)

To have an advantage over someone or something; to be in a more favorable position than someone or something else. I think I have an edge on her in the race because I've been training so much harder.
See also: edge, have, on

have an/the edge over (someone or something)

To have an advantage over one. I've been preparing for this debate for weeks so that I have the edge over my opponent.
See also: edge, have, over

have the edge on (someone or something)

To have an advantage over someone or something. I've been preparing for this debate for weeks so that I have the edge on my opponent. Now that we have George, I think we definitely have the edge on the other team.
See also: edge, have, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

have

(someone) by the balls Vulgar Slang
To have control over someone; have someone at one's mercy.

have

/have got (someone's) back
To protect or shield someone from harm, loss, or danger.

have

/have got it all over
To be much better than (someone) at a particular endeavor.

have

/have got it in (one)
To have the capacity or disposition to (to do something).

have

/have got it in for
To act in a hostile manner toward or intend to harm (someone), especially because of a grudge.

have

/have got nothing on (someone)
1. To fail to be equal or superior to (someone) in a particular way.
2. To know or be able to prove information regarding (someone).

have

/keep (one's) nose to the grindstone
To work hard and steadily.

have

/keep (one's) fingers crossed
To hope for a successful or advantageous outcome.

have

/keep (one's) wits about (one)
To remain alert or calm, especially in a crisis.

have

/keep an ear to the ground
To be on the watch for new trends or information.

have

/speak with a forked tongue
To speak deceitfully; prevaricate or lie.

have

/take a whack at Informal
To try out; attempt.

have

/take pity on
To show compassion for.

have

/take the bit in one's teeth
To be uncontrollable; cast off restraint.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See:
  • 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
  • (Have you) been OK?
  • (Have you) been keeping busy?
  • (Have you) been keeping cool?
  • (Have you) been keeping out of trouble?
  • (I've been) keeping cool
  • (I've) got to hit the road
  • (I) can't say (as) I have
  • (I) can't say that I have
  • (I) can't say's I have
  • (have done) more (something) than (one) has had hot dinners
  • (have you) changed your mind
  • (have you) changed your mind?
  • (have) got a thing going (with someone)
  • (have) got it going on
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • (it's) good to have you (here)
  • (it's) nice to have you (here)
  • (one's) heart isn't in it
  • (one) (has) never had it so good
  • (one) (has) never heard (of) such a thing
  • (one) doesn't have a problem with that
  • (one) has a bright future ahead (of one)
  • (one) has a point (there)
  • (one) has got to be pushing off
  • (one) has got to be shoving off
  • (one) has got to push off
  • (one) has got to shove off
  • (one) has made (one's) bed
  • (one) has made (one's) bed and (one) will have to lie in it
  • (one) has no problem with that
  • (one) has to be pushing off
  • (one) has to be shoving off
  • (one) has to draw a/the line somewhere
  • (one) has to push off
  • (one) has to run along
  • (one) has to shove off
  • (one) made (one's) (own) bed
  • (one) made (one's) bed and (one) has to lie in it
  • (one) must have killed a Chinaman
  • (one) never would have guessed
  • (one) only has one pair of hands
  • (one) still has (one's) communion money
  • (one) will have (someone or something) for breakfast
  • (one) zigged when (one) should have zagged
  • (someone) has nine lives
  • (you) could have fooled me
  • (you/it's) got me beat
  • Are we having fun yet?
  • Are you having a laugh?
  • Blood will have blood
  • Can I have (one) call you?
  • Can I have a lift?
  • Can I have a word with you?
  • Can I/we have the bill?
  • Can I/we have the check?
  • Check, please
  • Could I have a lift?
  • Could I have call you?
  • Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies
  • Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!
  • Do I have to draw (you) a picture?
  • Do I have to draw a picture?
  • Do I have to draw you a picture?
  • Do I have to paint (you) a picture?
  • Do I have to paint a picture?
  • Do I have to paint you a picture?
  • Do I have to spell it out (for you)?
  • Do I have to spell it out?
  • Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
  • Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
  • Do we have to go through all that again?
  • Do you have a problem with that?
  • Do you have the time?
  • Don't have a cow!
  • Don’t have a cow!
  • Eskimo(s) have (some amount of) words for snow
  • Fields have eyes, and woods have ears
  • Have I got for you!
  • Have I made myself clear?
  • Have a blimp!
  • Have a good trip
  • Have a nice day
  • Have a nice day!
  • Have a nice flight
  • Have a nice one
  • Have a safe trip
  • Have at it
  • Have it your way
  • Have you heard?
  • Have you met
  • He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens
  • He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon
  • How many times do I have to tell you?
  • How the mighty have fallen
  • I could have bitten my tongue off
  • I could tell you but then I’d have to kill you
  • I don't have time to catch my breath
  • I have only got one pair of hands
  • I have to wash a few things out
  • I just have this feeling
  • I only have one pair of hands
  • I should have stayed in bed
  • I should have stood in bed
  • I'd like a word with you. and Could I have a word with you?
  • I'll have the same
  • I'll have to beg off
  • I'm from Missouri
  • I'm having quite a time
  • I've only got one pair of hands
  • Idle people have the least leisure
  • If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake
  • Kings have long arms
  • Let me have it!
  • Let’s have it!
  • Little pitchers have big ears
  • Nice place you have here
  • Nice weather we're having
  • No more than I have to
  • Nothing so bad but might have been worse
  • Shrouds have no pockets
  • Thank you for inviting me
  • The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth
  • They must have seen you coming
  • Walls have ears
  • We have to do lunch sometime
  • What are you having?
  • What has (someone) done with (something)?
  • What have you been up to?
  • What'll it be?
  • What's that got to do with the price of cheese?
  • What's that got to do with the price of eggs?
  • What's that got to do with the price of fish?
  • What's that got to do with the price of meat?
  • What's that got to do with the price of tea in China?
  • Where have you been all my life?
  • Where have you been keeping yourself?
  • Where's the beef?
  • Who would have thought?
  • You cannot have your cake and eat it
  • You could have knocked me over with a feather
  • You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die
  • You must have mistaken me for someone who gives a shit
  • You've got to be kidding!
  • a falling out
  • a hungry belly has no ears
  • a working over
  • act like you've been there before
  • adore (one) for
  • adore (one) for (something)
  • adore for having
  • all (one's) Christmases have come at once
  • all one's ducks in a row, get/have
  • and there you have it
  • and what have you
  • ants in one's pants, have
  • are we having fun yet
  • as chance/luck would have it
  • as far as is concerned
  • as luck may have it
  • as luck would have it
  • ass in a sling, have one's
  • ass in a sling, to have/get one's
  • at one's fingertips
  • bats in one's belfry, have
  • bats in one's belfry, to have
  • be bitten by/have the bug
  • be brought down a notch (or two)
  • be brought down a peg (or two)
  • be done with (someone or something)
  • be down on (someone or something)
  • be had up (for something)
  • be having none of (something)
  • be in a blue funk
  • be kicked to the curb
  • be knocked down a notch (or two)
  • be knocked down a peg (or two)
  • be not having any (of it)
  • be nothing to do with (someone or something)
  • be off-kilter
  • be on (one's) high horse
  • be on (one's) last legs
  • be on (the) air
  • be on a rampage
  • be on a short fuse
  • be on acid
  • be on relief
  • be on the dole
  • be on the rampage
  • be on welfare
  • be on/have a short fuse
  • be one over (the) eight
  • be one up on (someone or something)
  • be out of kilter
  • be pulled down a notch (or two)
  • be pulled down a peg (or two)
  • be taken down a notch (or two)
  • be taken down a peg (or two)
  • be to do with (something)
  • be/get/have one up on somebody
  • be/have done with somebody/something
  • be/have nothing to do with somebody/something
  • be/have one over the eight
  • be/have to do with somebody/something
  • bear a grudge
  • bee in one's bonnet, to have a
  • been had
  • been in the wars
  • been keeping myself busy
  • behind the eight ball
  • benefit of the doubt, to give/have the
  • better things to do
  • big head, have a
  • big mouth, have a
  • blood will have blood
  • boiling point
  • bone to pick, have a
  • both feet on the ground, with
  • broad shoulders, have
  • burn (one's)/the candle at both ends
  • bury head in the sand
  • busiest men have the most leisure
  • can't complain
  • can't have it both ways
  • can't say that I have
  • catch forty winks
  • chip on one's shoulder, to have a
  • chomp at the bit
  • clean bill of health, to have a/be given a
  • clean hands, have
  • clean slate, have a/start with a
  • clear conscience, to have a
  • climb on the bandwagon
  • cold feet, get
  • cold feet, to get/have
  • come aboard
  • come to a pretty pass
  • come up in the world
  • coming and going, have someone
  • could be written on the back of a postage stamp
  • could do with (something)
  • could fit on the back of a postage stamp
  • could have fooled me
  • could have, should have, would have
  • could have, would have, should have
  • could hear a pin drop
  • couldn't happen to a nicer (person)
  • couldn't have asked for more
  • courage of one's convictions, have the
  • courage of one's convictions, to have the
  • cry for
  • day in court, have one's
  • delighted to have you
  • delighted to have you here
  • desperate diseases must have desperate remedies
  • devil's children have the devil's luck
  • do a shot
  • do unto others as you would have them do unto you
  • doesn't have a (certain kind of) bone in (one's) body
  • don't have a cow
  • don't have a pot to piss in
  • don't have a pot to piss in (or a window to throw it out of)
  • don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes
  • don't knock it till you've try it
  • don't let the doorknob hit you where the dog should have bit you
  • down cold, have
  • draw a line
  • drawn and quartered
  • ear to the ground, have one's
  • ear to the ground, to have/keep an
  • eat high on the hog
  • eat one's cake and have it (too)
  • eat one's cake and have it, too
  • eat one's cake and have it, too, to
  • egg on one's face, have
  • egg on one's face, to have/wipe off the
  • every dog will have his day
  • every dog will have its day
  • every flow must have its ebb
  • exchange words (with someone)
  • eye for/to the main chance, to have an
  • eye to the main chance, have an
  • eyes in the back of one's head, have
  • eyes in the back of one's head, to have
  • fall out
  • feet of clay, to have
  • field day, to have a
  • fields have eyes, and woods have ears
  • finger in every pie, to have a
  • finger in the pie, have a
  • fish to fry, to have better/bigger/other
  • flea in one's ear, to have a
  • foot in both camps, have a
  • from Missouri, I'm
  • gain the upper hand
  • get (a) bad press
  • get (a) good press
  • get (one's) (own) way
  • get (one's) ducks in a row
  • get (one's) end away
  • get (one's) head above water
  • get (one's) knickers in a twist
  • get (one's) money's worth
  • get (one's) nose out of joint
  • get (one's) undivided attention
  • get (one) by the short hairs
  • get (someone or something) taped
  • get (something) down to a science
  • get (something) off pat
  • get (the) clearance to have (something)
  • get a fix on
  • get a free hand
  • get a grip on
  • get a handle on (something)
  • get a line on
  • get a/(one's) foot in the door
  • get an in with
  • get at
  • get butterflies in (one's) stomach
  • get cold feet
  • get head above water and have head above water
  • get lost in translation
  • get nose out of joint and have nose out of joint; put nose out of ...
  • get on the bandwagon
  • get one up on (someone or something)
  • get one's ducks in a row
  • get one's feet on the ground
  • get one's fill
  • get one's head examined
  • get one's way
  • get one's wires crossed
  • get someone's number
  • get something on someone
  • get straight
  • get the advantage of
  • get the best of (someone or something)
  • get the better of
  • get the drop on
  • get the facts straight
  • get the feel of
  • get the feeling
  • get the goods on
  • get the measure of (someone or something)
  • get the run of (some place)
  • get the sniffles
  • get the snuffles
  • get the upper hand
  • get the whip hand
  • get the worst of it
  • get wits about one
  • get your ducks in a row
  • get, have, etc. a free hand
  • get, have, etc. the sniffles
  • get, have, etc. the snuffles
  • get, have, gain, etc. the upper hand
  • get, have, hold, etc. the whip hand
  • get/have a good, bad, etc. press
  • get/have a handle on somebody/something
  • get/have a/your foot in the door
  • get/have butterflies
  • get/have cold feet
  • get/have itchy feet
  • get/have somebody by the short hairs
  • get/have somebody's undivided attention
  • get/have the best of something
  • get/have the feeling
  • get/have the hots for somebody
  • get/have the jitters
  • get/have the wind up
  • get/have your ducks in a row
  • get/have your end away
  • get/have your knickers in a twist
  • get/have your money's worth
  • get/have your way
  • get/have/take the measure of somebody
  • give (one) (the) clearance to have (something)
  • give (one) a bumpy ride
  • give (one) a rough ride
  • give (one) an easy ride
  • give (someone or something) the run of (some place)
  • give somebody/get/have the run of something
  • give somebody/have a bumpy ride
  • give someone heart failure
  • give someone his or her head
  • go on relief
  • go on the dole
  • go on welfare
  • go up in the world
  • good head on one's shoulders, have a
  • good head on one's shoulders, to have a
  • good to have you here
  • got it bad
  • governments have long arms
  • grasp of
  • grit (one's) teeth
  • had its day, has
  • had one's fill
  • hand in the till, with one's
  • hard time
  • hardly have time to breathe
  • hardly have time to think
  • has had its chips
  • have
  • have (a lot) of bottle
  • have (a) bad press
  • have (a) good press
  • have (a) method in (one's) madness
  • have (a) method to (one's) madness
  • have (a) skeleton(s) in (one's)/the closet
  • have (a) skeleton(s) in (one's)/the cupboard
  • have (a) use for (someone or something)
  • have (a)hold of (someone or something)
  • have (all) the cards
  • have (an amount of) plates spinning
  • have (any/no) feelings about (someone or something)
  • have (any/some) bearing on (someone or something)
  • have (got) (one's) nose out of joint
  • have (got) (one's) number
  • have (got) (one) pegged as (something)
  • have (got) (someone's) back
  • have (got) (someone) pegged as (something)
  • have (got) (something) cinched
  • have (got) a glow on
  • have (got) a knack for (something)
  • have (got) a load on
  • have (got) a short fuse
  • have (got) a skinful
  • have (got) a tiger by the tail
  • have (got) an/(one's) eye on (someone or something)
  • have (got) an/(one's) eye on (something)
  • have (got) good vibes (about someone or something)
  • have (got) it all over
  • have (got) it made in the shade
  • have (got) it over (someone or something)
  • have (got) it over (someone or something) in (something)
  • have (got) the hots
  • have (got) to (do something)
  • have (got) to hand it to (someone)
  • have (hand)writing like chicken scratch
  • have (high) hopes of (something)
  • have (one's) (best) interests at heart
  • have (one's) (name and) number on it
  • have (one's) (own) way
  • have (one's) act together
  • have (one's) ass in a sling
  • have (one's) back against the wall
  • have (one's) back to the wall
  • have (one's) back up
  • have (one's) beady eye on (someone or something)
  • have (one's) brain on a leash
  • have (one's) bread buttered on both sides
  • have (one's) cake and eat it (too)
  • have (one's) collar felt
  • have (one's) collar touched
  • have (one's) cross to bear
  • have (one's) day in court
  • have (one's) doubts (about someone or something)
  • have (one's) druthers
  • have (one's) ducks in a row
  • have (one's) ear
  • have (one's) ears lowered
  • have (one's) end away
  • have (one's) eye
  • have (one's) eyes glued to (something)
  • have (one's) feet on the ground
  • have (one's) fill (of something)
  • have (one's) finger in too many pies
  • have (one's) finger on the pulse
  • have (one's) fingers burned
  • have (one's) fingers crossed
  • have (one's) fingers in the till
  • have (one's) foot on (someone's) neck
  • have (one's) guts for garters
  • have (one's) hand in (something)
  • have (one's) hand in the cookie jar
  • have (one's) hand in the till
  • have (one's) hand out
  • have (one's) hands full
  • have (one's) hands on (something)
  • have (one's) hands tied
  • have (one's) head (stuck) up (one's) arse
  • have (one's) head above water
  • have (one's) head examined
  • have (one's) head in the clouds
  • have (one's) head in the sand
  • have (one's) head read
  • have (one's) head screwed on (right)
  • have (one's) head up (one's) ass
  • have (one's) heart (dead) set against (something)
  • have (one's) heart go out to (someone)
  • have (one's) heart in (one's) mouth
  • have (one's) heart in (something)
  • have (one's) heart in the right place
  • have (one's) heart on (one's) sleeve
  • have (one's) heart set on (something)
  • have (one's) heart stand still
  • have (one's) hide
  • have (one's) knickers in a twist
  • have (one's) knife into (someone)
  • have (one's) luck run out
  • have (one's) mind in the gutter
  • have (one's) mind on (something)
  • have (one's) mind on other things
  • have (one's) money's worth
  • have (one's) monkey up
  • have (one's) name in lights
  • have (one's) name on it
  • have (one's) name taken
  • have (one's) name written all over it
  • have (one's) nose in a book
  • have (one's) nose in a magazine
  • have (one's) nose in the air
  • have (one's) nose to the grindstone
  • have (one's) pick of (something)
  • have (one's) plate full
  • have (one's) rathers
  • have (one's) say
  • have (one's) share of (something)
  • have (one's) shoulder to the wheel
  • have (one's) sights trained on (someone or something)
  • have (one's) tail up
  • have (one's) thinking cap on
  • have (one's) undivided attention
  • have (one's) way with (someone)
  • have (one's) wicked way with (someone)
  • have (one's) wig blown off
  • have (one's) wires crossed
  • have (one's) wits about (one)
  • have (one's) words stick in (one's) throat
  • have (one's) work cut out
  • have (one's) work cut out for (one)
  • have (one's)/a beady eye on (someone or something)
  • have (one's)/an eye out for (someone or something)
  • have (one's)/the facts straight
  • have (one) bang to rights
  • have (one) by the balls
  • have (one) by the short and curlies
  • have (one) cold
  • have (one) dead to rights
  • have (one) in (for something)
  • have (one) in fits
  • have (one) in stitches
  • have (one) on a short leash
  • have (one) on the run
  • have (one) on toast
  • have (one) over a barrel
  • have (one) rolling in the aisles
  • have (one) taped
  • have (one) to thank
  • have (one) up
  • have (oneself) (something)
  • have (sexual) relations (with someone)
  • have (some) time to kill
  • have (some/any) qualms about (something or someone)
  • have (someone or an animal) cornered
  • have (someone or something's) uses
  • have (someone or something) about
  • have (someone or something) around
  • have (someone or something) at hand
  • have (someone or something) by the ears
  • have (someone or something) by the tail
  • have (someone or something) down as (something)
  • have (someone or something) for breakfast
  • have (someone or something) in (one's) sights
  • have (someone or something) in tow
  • have (someone or something) on (one's) hands
  • have (someone or something) on (one's) mind
  • have (someone or something) on (one's) side
  • have (someone or something) on the brain
  • have (someone's or something's) good points
  • have (someone's or something's) plus points
  • have (someone's) blood on (one's) hands
  • have (someone's) blood on (one's) head
  • have (someone's) number on it
  • have (someone) around for (something)
  • have (someone) at (one's) mercy
  • have (someone) by (something)
  • have (someone) by the short hairs
  • have (someone) coming and going
  • have (someone) down
  • have (someone) eating out of (one's) hand
  • have (someone) eating out of the palm of (one's) hand
  • have (someone) going
  • have (someone) in (one's) corner
  • have (someone) in the palm of (one's) hand
  • have (someone) laughing in the aisles
  • have (someone) on a string
  • have (someone) on a tight leash
  • have (someone) on the brain
  • have (someone) turned around (one's) (little) finger
  • have (someone) turned round (one's) (little) finger
  • have (someone) twisted around (one's) (little) finger
  • have (someone) twisted round (one's) (little) finger
  • have (someone) under (one's) spell
  • have (someone) under (one's) thumb
  • have (someone) under (one's) wing
  • have (someone) wound around (one's) (little) finger
  • have (someone) wound round (one's) (little) finger
  • have (someone) wrapped around (one's) (little) finger
  • have (someone) wrapped round (one's) (little) finger
  • have (something) against (someone or something)
  • have (something) at (one's) fingertips
  • have (something) at heart
  • have (something) coming
  • have (something) coming out of (one's) ears
  • have (something) coming to (one)
  • have (something) down cold
  • have (something) down to a fine art
  • have (something) down to a science
  • have (something) going for (one)
  • have (something) hanging over (one's) head
  • have (something) in (one's) hands
  • have (something) in common (with someone or something)
  • have (something) off pat
  • have (something) off to a fine art
  • have (something) on
  • have (something) on (one's) conscience
  • have (something) on (someone)
  • have (something) on the brain
  • have (something) on the go
  • have (something) to (one's) credit
  • have (something) to (one's) name
  • have (something) to do
  • have (something) to offer
  • have (something) to play with
  • have (something) to show for (something)
  • have (something) to spare
  • have (something) under (one's) belt
  • have (something) up (one's) sleeve
  • have (something) up the wazoo
  • have (something) up the yin-yang
  • have (something), will travel
  • have (the) first crack at (something)
  • have (the) golden touch
  • have (the) time
  • have Buckley's
  • have Buckley's (chance)
  • have a (good) sniff around
  • have a (good/solid/sound/etc.) grasp of/on (something)
  • have a (heavy) cross to bear
  • have a (sudden) rush of blood to the head
  • have a Chinaman at (one's) neck
  • have a Chinaman on (one's) back
  • have a Technicolor yawn
  • have a bad attitude
  • have a bad case of the simples
  • have a bad effect
  • have a bad hair day
  • have a bad night
  • have a bad opinion of (someone or something)
  • have a bad time
  • have a ball
  • have a bash
  • have a bash at (something)
  • have a bash at something
  • have a bear by the tail
  • have a bee in (one's) bonnet
  • have a bee in your bonnet
  • have a beef with (someone or something)
  • have a bellyful
  • have a bellyful (of something)
  • have a bellyful of
  • have a big head
  • have a big mouth
  • have a bird
  • have a bite
  • have a blast
  • have a blond moment
  • have a blowout
  • have a blue fit
  • have a bone on
  • have a bone to pick
  • have a bone to pick with (one)
  • have a bone to pick with somebody
  • have a bone to pick with someone
  • have a bone to pick, to
  • have a brick in (one's) hat
  • have a broad back
  • have a brush with
  • have a brush with (something)
  • have a bumpy ride
  • have a bun in the oven
  • have a burr under saddle
  • have a butcher's
  • have a buzz on
  • have a cadenza
  • have a card up (one's) sleeve
  • have a card up your sleeve
  • have a case
  • have a case on
  • have a case on (someone)
  • have a change of heart
  • have a charmed existence
  • have a charmed life
  • have a chip on (one's) shoulder
  • have a chip on your shoulder
  • have a clean conscience
  • have a clear conscience
  • have a clear head
  • have a close shave
  • have a clue
  • have a cob on
  • have a conniption
  • have a conniption fit
  • have a conniption fit, to
  • have a corncob up (one's) ass
  • have a corncob up (one's) butt
  • have a corncob up ass
  • have a corner on the market
  • have a couple
  • have a cow
  • have a crack at
  • have a crack at (something)
  • have a crack at something
  • have a cross to bear
  • have a crush on (someone)
  • have a death wish
  • have a derry on (one)
  • have a derry on someone
  • have a dig at (someone or something)
  • have a dirt nap
  • have a dog in the hunt
  • have a dog's chance
  • have a down on
  • have a down on (someone or something)
  • have a down on someone/something
  • have a downer on (one)
  • have a fable for (something)
  • have a face like a wet weekend
  • have a face like thunder
  • have a falling out
  • have a familiar ring
  • have a fat head
  • have a feel for (something)
  • have a feel for something
  • have a few
  • have a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock
  • have a few too many
  • have a field day
  • have a fighting chance
  • have a finger in every pie
  • have a finger in the pie
  • have a firm grip on (someone or something)
  • have a fit
  • have a fix
  • have a fix of (something)
  • have a fix on (something)
  • have a flair for
  • have a fling
  • have a fling (with someone)
  • have a foot in both camps
  • have a foot in the door
  • have a foothold
  • have a foothold in (something)
  • have a forked tongue
  • have a free hand
  • have a fresh start
  • have a frog in (one's) throat
  • have a frog in your throat
  • have a gander
  • have a gander (at someone or something)
  • have a gas
  • have a gift for
  • have a glass jaw
  • have a glow on
  • have a go
  • have a go (at someone or something)
  • have a go at
  • have a go at someone
  • have a good arm
  • have a good command of
  • have a good command of (something)
  • have a good day
  • have a good head on (one's) shoulders
  • have a good head on shoulders
  • have a good head on your shoulders
  • have a good mind
  • have a good mind to
  • have a good mind to (do something)
  • have a good mind to do something
  • have a good name (somewhere or in something)
  • have a good night
  • have a good one
  • have a good opinion of (someone or something)
  • have a good pair of lungs
  • have a good run
  • have a good run for (one's) money
  • have a good thing going
  • have a good time
  • have a good, bad, high, low, etc. opinion of somebody/something
  • have a good/bad night
  • have a good/half a mind to, to
  • have a grasp of
  • have a green thumb
  • have a grip on (something)
  • have a gun to (one's) head
  • have a gun to your head
  • have a hand in
  • have a hand in (something)
  • have a hand in something
  • have a handle on (something)
  • have a hankering for (something)
  • have a hard head
  • have a hard-on
  • have a hard-on for someone
  • have a head
  • have a head for
  • have a head for (something)
  • have a head for figures
  • have a head for heights
  • have a head start
  • have a heart
  • have a heart of glass
  • have a heart of gold
  • have a heart of stone
  • have a heart-to-heart
  • have a heavy foot
  • have a heavy heart
  • have a hidden talent
  • have a hide like a rhinoceros
  • have a hide/skin like a rhinoceros
  • have a high old time
  • have a high opinion of (someone or something)
  • have a hitch in gitalong
  • have a hold on (someone)
  • have a hold over
  • have a hold over (someone)
  • have a hollow leg
  • have a hunch
  • have a jab at (someone or something)
  • have a jag on
  • have a job
  • have a job doing/to do something
  • have a keen interest in
  • have a kick to it
  • have a lash at
  • have a lash at (something)
  • have a lash at something
  • have a late night
  • have a laugh
  • have a lead foot
  • have a leak
  • have a lean patch
  • have a leg up on (someone)
  • have a leg up on someone
  • have a lick of the tar brush
  • have a light bulb go off (in (one's) head)
  • have a light bulb go off in (one's) brain
  • have a light bulb go on (in (one's) head)
  • have a light bulb go on in (one's) brain
  • have a light heart
  • have a light-bulb moment
  • have a line on (someone or something)
  • have a little visitor
  • have a load on
  • have a lock on
  • have a lock on (someone or something)
  • have a long memory
  • have a long way to go
  • have a look (at someone or something)
  • have a look-see
  • have a loose screw
  • have a loose tongue
  • have a lot going
  • have a lot of bottle
  • have a lot of irons in the fire
  • have a lot of time for (someone or something)
  • have a lot of time for somebody/something
  • have a lot on
  • have a lot on (one's) plate
  • have a lot on mind
  • have a lot on one's plate
  • have a lot on the ball
  • have a lot to answer for
  • have a lot, anything, etc. on
  • have a lot, something, nothing, etc. going for you
  • have a loud mouth
  • have a low boiling point
  • have a low opinion of (someone or something)
  • have a lump in (one's) throat
  • have a lump in your throat
  • have a man by the balls
  • have a memory like a sieve
  • have a memory like an elephant
  • have a mind as sharp as a steel trap
  • have a mind like a sieve
  • have a mind like a steel trap
  • have a mind of (one's)/its own
  • have a mind of its own
  • have a mind of own
  • have a mind of your own
  • have a mind to
  • have a mind to (do something)
  • have a mind to do
  • have a mind to do something
  • have a mind/memory like a sieve
  • have a monkey on (one's) back
  • have a monkey on one’s back
  • have a monkey on your back
  • have a monopoly on (something)
  • have a moonflaw in the brain
  • have a mountain to climb
  • have a near miss
  • have a nerve
  • have a nodding acquaintance (with someone or something)
  • have a nodding acquaintance with somebody/something
  • have a nodding acquaintance with someone or something
  • have a nose (round)
  • have a nose for
  • have a nose for (something)
  • have a nose for something
  • have a nose round
  • have a one-track mind
  • have a package on
  • have a pair
  • have a part in (something)
  • have a part to play
  • have a passion for
  • have a penchant for
  • have a penchant for (something)
  • have a penchant for doing
  • have a pink fit
  • have a pink/blue fit
  • have a place in
  • have a plum in (one's) mouth
  • have a plum in your mouth
  • have a point
  • have a poke around
  • have a poker up (one's) arse
  • have a poker up (one's) ass
  • have a poker up (one's) butt
  • have a pop at
  • have a pop at (someone or something)
  • have a pop at something
  • have a prayer
  • have a price on (one's) head
  • have a quick temper
  • have a rare old time
  • have a right to
  • have a ring to it
  • have a ringside seat
  • have a ringside seat/view
  • have a ringside view
  • have a role in (something)
  • have a rough patch
  • have a rough ride
  • have a rough time
  • have a rough trot
  • have a roving eye
  • have a run for your money
  • have a run of
  • have a run-in
  • have a run-in with (someone)
  • have a run-in with somebody
  • have a run-in with someone/something
  • have a rush of blood to the head
  • have a say (in something)
  • have a say in
  • have a score to settle
  • have a scrape
  • have a screw loose
  • have a seat
  • have a second string to (one's) bow
  • have a second string to your bow
  • have a senior moment
  • have a set-to
  • have a sharp tongue
  • have a shit-fit
  • have a short fuse
  • have a shot at (someone or something)
  • have a shower
  • have a shufti
  • have a shy at
  • have a shy at (something)
  • have a silver tongue
  • have a skin like a rhinoceros
  • have a skinful
  • have a smack at
  • have a smack at (something)
  • have a sneaking suspicion
  • have a sniff around
  • have a snoot full
  • have a soft spot for
  • have a soft spot for (someone or something)
  • have a soft spot for or an animal
  • have a soft spot for somebody/something
  • have a soft spot for someone/something
  • have a spaz
  • have a spill
  • have a spot of bother
  • have a spring in (one's) step
  • have a stab at (doing something)
  • have a stab at something/at doing something
  • have a stake in
  • have a stake in (something)
  • have a stake in something
  • have a stroke
  • have a strong stomach
  • have a sweet tooth
  • have a swelled head
  • have a swollen head
  • have a taste for (something)
  • have a thick head
  • have a thick skin
  • have a thick skull
  • have a thin skin
  • have a thin time
  • have a thin time (of it)
  • have a thing
  • have a thing about
  • have a thing about (someone or something)
  • have a thing about somebody/something
  • have a thing for (someone)
  • have a thing for (something)
  • have a thing going
  • have a thirst for
  • have a tiger by the tail
  • have a tight grip on (someone or something)
  • have a tight rein on (someone or something)
  • have a time of it
  • have a tin ear
  • have a touch of class
  • have a touch of the tar brush
  • have a trick up (one's) sleeve
  • have a vested interest
  • have a vested interest (in something)
  • have a voice (in something)
  • have a way of (doing something)
  • have a way of doing something
  • have a way with
  • have a way with (someone or something)
  • have a way with somebody/something
  • have a way with words
  • have a weak spot for (someone or something)
  • have a weakness for
  • have a weakness for (someone or something)
  • have a weight problem
  • have a whack (at something)
  • have a whale of a (good) time
  • have a whale of a time
  • have a wild hair up one’s ass
  • have a wolf by the ears
  • have a word
  • have a word in (one's) ear
  • have a word in somebody's ear
  • have a word in someone's ear
  • have a word with
  • have a word with (one)
  • have a working knowledge of (something)
  • have a working knowledge of something
  • have a worm in (one's) tongue
  • have a yellow belly
  • have a yellow streak down one’s back
  • have a yen for
  • have a yen for (something)
  • have a/(one's) finger in every pie
  • have a/(one's) finger in the pie
  • have a/(one's) finger on the button
  • have a/(one's) foot in the door
  • have a/some nerve
  • have a/the feel of (something)
  • have a/the right to (do something)
  • have a/the right to (something)
  • have a/the wolf by the ear(s)
  • have about
  • have against
  • have all (one's) buttons
  • have all (one's) marbles
  • have all marbles
  • have all one's buttons
  • have all one’s marbles
  • have all the aces
  • have all the answers
  • have all the hallmarks of (someone or something)
  • have all the hallmarks of somebody/something
  • have an accident
  • have an ace in the hole
  • have an ace up (one's) sleeve
  • have an ace up one’s sleeve
  • have an ace up your sleeve
  • have an ace/a trick up your sleeve
  • have an affair
  • have an alcohol problem
  • have an appetite for
  • have an argument
  • have an ax to grind
  • have an axe to grind
  • have an ear for
  • have an ear for (something)
  • have an ear for something
  • have an ear to the ground
  • have an early night
  • have an early/a late night
  • have an easy ride
  • have an easy time of it
  • have an edge on
  • have an edge on (someone or something)
  • have an effect on
  • have an even chance
  • have an even chance of (doing something)
  • have an eye for
  • have an eye for (something)
  • have an eye for something
  • have an eye for the main chance
  • have an eye on/for/to the main chance
  • have an eye to/for the main chance
  • have an impact on
  • have an impact on (someone or something)
  • have an in with (someone)
  • have an itch for (something)
  • have an itch for something
  • have an open mind
  • have an out
  • have an ox on the tongue
  • have an/(one's) ear close to the ground
  • have an/(one's) ear to the ground
  • have an/the edge over (someone or something)
  • have another guess coming
  • have another guess coming, to
  • have another string to (one's) bow
  • have another string/more strings to your bow
  • have another thing coming
  • have another think coming
  • have ants in one’s pants
  • have ants in the/(one's) pants
  • have ants in your pants
  • have any joy
  • have anything on
  • have around
  • have arrived
  • have ass in a sling
  • have at
  • have at (someone or something)
  • have at fingertips
  • have back
  • have back to the wall
  • have back up
  • have bags under (one's) eyes
  • have bats in (one's) belfry
  • have bats in belfry
  • have bats in one’s belfry
  • have bats in the belfry
  • have bearing on
  • have been around
  • have been around the block
  • have been around the block a few times
  • have been in the wars
  • have been there
  • have been there before
  • have been to hell and back
  • have been to the wars
  • have best interest at heart
  • 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 both oars in the water
  • have bought it
  • have brain on a leash
  • have broad shoulders
  • have butterfingers
  • have butterflies in (one's) stomach
  • have butterflies in your stomach
  • have by
  • have cake and eat it too
  • have calluses from patting own back
  • have carnal knowledge of
  • have cause to do
  • have cinched
  • have clay feet
  • have clean hands
  • have cold feet
  • have come a long way
  • have coming
  • have confidence in
  • have contact with (one)
  • have cornered
  • have dead to rights
  • have deep pockets
  • have designs on
  • have designs on (someone or something)
  • have designs on somebody/something
  • have designs on someone
  • have designs on something
  • have dibs on
  • have dibs on (something)
  • have doing
  • have done
  • have done with
  • have done with (someone or something)
  • have doubts about
  • have down
  • have down to a T
  • have egg on (one's) face
  • have egg on face
  • have egg on one’s face
  • have enough on (one's) plate
  • have enough on your plate
  • have enough sense to pound salt
  • have enough sense to pound sand
  • have enough, a lot, etc. on your plate
  • have eye
  • have eye on
  • have eye out
  • have eyes bigger than (one's) belly
  • have eyes bigger than (one's) stomach
  • have eyes bigger than your stomach
  • have eyes for
  • have eyes for (someone or something)
  • have eyes in the back of (one's) head
  • have eyes in the back of head
  • have eyes in the back of your head
  • have eyes like a hawk
  • have eyes like saucers
  • have faith in
  • have feelings about
  • have feet of clay
  • have feet on the ground
  • have finger in too many pies
  • have first call
  • have first call on (something)
  • have for
  • have for breakfast
  • have friends in high places
  • have fun
  • have fun and games
  • have game
  • have going
  • have going for one
  • have going for you
  • have good antennae
  • have good vibes
  • have got back
  • have got it bad
  • have got it in (one)
  • have got it in for (someone)
  • have got nothing on (someone or something)
  • have got something taped
  • have got to (do something)
  • have gravy on one’s grits
  • have gray hair
  • have green fingers
  • have growing pains
  • have grown whiskers
  • have had (one's) chips
  • have had a basinful
  • have had a basinful (of something)
  • have had a bellyful
  • have had a bellyful of somebody/something
  • have had a few
  • have had a good innings
  • have had enough
  • have had enough of (someone or something)
  • have had it
  • have had it with (someone or something)
  • have had its day
  • have had its/(one's) day
  • have had more than (one's) fair share of (something)
  • have had one too many
  • have had the Richard
  • have had the biscuit
  • have had the pleasure
  • have had the radish
  • have had your chips
  • have had your day
  • have had your fill of
  • have had your fill of somebody/something
  • have had your fill of something
  • have had your/its day
  • have half a mind to (do something)
  • have half a mind to do something
  • have half a notion to do
  • have half an ear on (someone or something)
  • have half an eye on (someone or something)
  • have hand in
  • have hand in the till
  • have hands full
  • have hands tied
  • have hanging over head
  • have head in the clouds
  • have head up ass
  • have heard the last of (someone or something)
  • have heart failure
  • have heart go out to
  • have heart in mouth
  • have heart in the right place
  • have heart set against
  • have heart set on
  • have heart stand still
  • have hide
  • have hollow legs
  • have hopes of
  • have hot pants
  • have hot pants for someone
  • have hung up and salted
  • have hysterics
  • have in
  • have in common
  • have in corner
  • have in hand
  • have in hands
  • have in mind
  • have in pocket
  • have in sights
  • have in spell
  • have in stock
  • have in store
  • have in tow
  • have intimate relations with
  • have it
  • have it (one's) way
  • have it all over (someone)
  • have it all together
  • have it away
  • have it away (with someone)
  • have it away with
  • have it both ways
  • have it coming
  • have it coming to you
  • have it easy
  • have it going on
  • have it in (one)
  • have it in for
  • have it in for (someone)
  • have it in for somebody
  • have it in for someone
  • have it in for, to
  • have it in mind to do something
  • have it in one
  • have it in one to do
  • have it in you
  • have it in you to do something
  • have it knocked
  • have it large
  • have it made
  • have it made in the shade
  • have it off (with someone)
  • have it off/away with somebody
  • have it on (one's) toes
  • have it on good authority
  • have it on your toes
  • have it out
  • have it out (with someone)
  • have it out for (someone)
  • have it out with somebody
  • have it out with someone
  • have it over
  • have it that (something)
  • have it/that coming
  • have itchy feet
  • have itchy fingers
  • have its/(one's) day
  • have its/(one's) moments
  • have jam on it
  • have just one oar in the water
  • have kangaroos in (one's)/the top paddock
  • have kangaroos in the top paddock
  • have kangaroos in your top paddock
  • have kissed the Blarney Stone
  • have kittens
  • have known better days
  • have lead in (one's) pants
  • have lead in one’s pencil
  • have legs
  • have letters after (one's) name
  • have luck run out
  • have made
  • have made your bed and have to lie on it
  • have many irons in the fire
  • have many strings to (one's) bow
  • have many, etc. irons in the fire
  • have mind in the gutter
  • have mixed feelings
  • have mixed feelings (about something)
  • have money burning a hole in (one's) pocket
  • have money to burn
  • have money, time, etc. to play with
  • have more chins than a Chinese phone book
  • have more holes than Swiss cheese
  • have more luck than sense
  • have more money than sense
  • have more strings to (one's) bow
  • have more than one string to (one's) bow
  • have more than one string to fiddle
  • have name inscribed in the book of life
  • have neither chick nor child
  • have nerves of steel
  • have never looked back
  • have nine lives
  • have no business (doing something)
  • have no business doing
  • have no business doing something/to do something
  • have no chance in hell
  • have no heart for
  • have no heart for (something)
  • have no idea
  • have no part in/of (something)
  • have no sense of shame
  • have no staying power
  • have no stomach for (something)
  • have no stomach for something
  • have no strings attached
  • have no time for (someone or something)
  • have no time for somebody/something
  • have no truck with
  • have no truck with (someone or something)
  • have no truck with something/someone
  • have no use for
  • have no use for (someone or something)
  • have no use for somebody/something
  • have no words for
  • have no words for (someone or something)
  • have none of
  • have none of (something)
  • have none of it/that
  • have nose in a book
  • have nose in the air
  • have not heard the half of it
  • have nothing between the/(one's) ears
  • have nothing going for (someone or something)
  • have nothing on
  • have nothing on (someone or something)
  • have nothing on somebody
  • have nothing on someone or something
  • have nothing to do
  • have nothing to do with
  • have nothing to do with (someone or something)
  • have nothing to say for (oneself)
  • have occasion to (do something)
  • have occasion to do something
  • have on
  • have on file
  • have on hands
  • have on mind
  • have on one
  • have on the ball
  • have on the string
  • have one eye on (someone or something)
  • have one eye/half an eye on something
  • have one foot in the grave
  • have one for the worms
  • have one in the oven
  • have one over (the) eight
  • have one too many
  • have one up on (someone or something)
  • have one's day
  • have one's druthers
  • have one's eye on
  • have one's hands full
  • have one's hands full, to
  • have one's head screwed on right
  • have one's moments
  • have one's way with
  • have one's wits about one
  • have one's wits about one, to
  • have one's work cut out for one
  • have oneself
  • have one’s ass in a crack
  • have one’s ass in a sling
  • have one’s brain on a leash
  • have one’s mind in the gutter
  • have one’s nose wide open
  • have other fish to fry
  • have other/bigger fish to fry
  • have out
  • have over
  • have passed (someone or something's) sell-by date
  • have passed your sell-by date
  • have people rolling in the aisles
  • have pins and needles
  • have pity on
  • have pity on (one)
  • have precedence over (someone or something)
  • have pride of place
  • have pull with
  • have pull with (someone)
  • have rathers
  • have recourse to
  • have regard to (something)
  • have regard to something
  • have relations with
  • have rocks in (one's) head
  • have rocks in head
  • have rocks in one’s head
  • have scales fall from (one's) eyes
  • have second thoughts
  • have seen (one's) day
  • have seen better days
  • have seen/known better days
  • have several irons in the fire
  • have sex
  • have shit for brains
  • have shot your bolt
  • have shoulder to the wheel
  • have skin in the game
  • have snow on the mountain
  • have snow on the roof
  • have somebody at your mercy
  • have somebody eating out of your hand
  • have somebody in the palm of your hand
  • have somebody to thank
  • have somebody's ear
  • have somebody's guts for garters
  • have somebody's interests at heart
  • have somebody's name on it
  • have somebody's number
  • have somebody/something in mind
  • have somebody/something on the brain
  • have somebody/something taped
  • have somebody/something written all over it
  • have someone bang to rights
  • have someone by the balls
  • have someone by the short and curlies
  • have someone by the short hairs
  • have someone cold
  • have someone dead to rights
  • have someone eating out of your hand
  • have someone for breakfast
  • have someone in the palm of your hand
  • have someone in your sights
  • have someone on a string
  • have someone on the run
  • have someone on toast
  • have someone or something down as
  • have someone or something taped
  • have someone over a barrel
  • have someone pegged
  • have someone's ass in a sling
  • have someone's ear
  • have someone's guts for garters
  • have someone's number
  • have someone's number on it
  • have something against
  • have something at your feet
  • have something at your fingertips
  • have something by the ears
  • have something cinched
  • have something coming out of your ears
  • have something down to a fine art
  • have something in common
  • have something in your sights
  • have something off pat
  • have something on
  • have something on good authority
  • have something on somebody
  • have something on the ball
  • have something on the brain
  • have something on the go
  • have something on your mind
  • have something on your side
  • have something to eat
  • have something to offer
  • have something to prove
  • have something to say for yourself
  • have something to your credit
  • have something to your name
  • have something up your sleeve
  • have something, nothing, etc. to say for yourself
  • have something, nothing, little, etc. to show for something
  • have something/a lot on the ball
  • have something/anything to say for (oneself)
  • have sporting blood
  • have square eyes
  • have stardust in (one's) eyes
  • have stardust in eyes
  • have stars in (one's) eyes
  • have stars in eyes
  • have stars in your eyes
  • have steam coming out of (one's) ears
  • have steam coming out of your ears
  • have stick in craw
  • have sticky fingers
  • have straws in (one's) hair
  • have strings attached
  • have swallowed a dictionary
  • have taken leave of (one's) senses
  • have teeth
  • have teething problems
  • have teething troubles
  • have the (brass) face to (do something)
  • have the (brass) neck to (do something)
  • have the (good) grace to (do something)
  • have the Midas touch
  • have the advantage of
  • have the advantage of (something)
  • have the advantage over (someone or something)
  • have the ball at (one's) feet
  • have the ball at your feet
  • have the ball in court
  • have the best of
  • have the best of (something)
  • have the better of (someone or something)
  • have the bit in (one's) teeth
  • have the blues
  • have the brass (neck) to (do something)
  • have the bug
  • have the bulge on
  • have the bulge on (someone or something)
  • have the cards stacked against
  • have the cares of the world on (one's) shoulders
  • have the constitution of an ox
  • have the courage of (one's) convictions
  • have the courage of convictions
  • have the courage of your convictions
  • have the courtesy to (do something)
  • have the courtesy to do something
  • have the deck stacked against
  • have the devil to pay
  • have the devil's own job
  • have the devil's own luck
  • have the drop on
  • have the drop on (someone or something)
  • have the ear of (one)
  • have the ear of someone
  • have the edge on (someone or something)
  • have the face to
  • have the feel of (something)
  • have the feeling
  • have the final say
  • have the final word
  • have the floor
  • have the gall to do
  • have the gift of gab
  • have the goods
  • have the goods on (someone)
  • have the goods on someone
  • have the grace to do something
  • have the guts
  • have the guts (to do something)
  • have the hang of (something)
  • have the heart
  • have the heart (to do something)
  • have the honor of (doing something)
  • have the honour of something/of doing something
  • have the horn
  • have the hots
  • have the hots for
  • have the hots for (someone or something)
  • have the hots for someone
  • have the inside track
  • have the jump on
  • have the last laugh
  • have the last say
  • have the last word
  • have the law on (someone)
  • have the law on somebody
  • have the legs of
  • have the legs of (someone)
  • have the luck of the devil
  • have the makings of
  • have the makings of (something)
  • have the makings of something
  • have the measure of (someone or something)
  • have the measure of someone
  • have the mouth of a sailor
  • have the mullygrubs
  • have the munchies
  • have the neck to do something
  • have the nerve to (do something)
  • have the nerve to do something
  • have the patience of Job
  • have the patience of a saint
  • have the presence of mind to do
  • have the right idea
  • have the right sow by the ear
  • have the run of (some place)
  • have the say
  • have the shakes
  • have the shirt off (one's) back
  • have the shoe on the other foot
  • have the sniffles
  • have the snuffles
  • have the stomach for
  • have the sun in (one's) eyes
  • have the time of (one's) life
  • have the time of life
  • have the time of your life
  • have the upper hand
  • have the weight of the world on (one's) shoulders
  • have the whip hand
  • have the wind up
  • have the wood on
  • have the wood on (someone or something)
  • have the world at (one's) feet
  • have the world at your feet
  • have the world by the tail
  • have the world on a string
  • have the worst of (something)
  • have the wrong number
  • have the/(one's) feelers out
  • have tickets on (oneself)
  • have tickets on yourself
  • have time on (one's) hands
  • have time on (one's) side
  • have time on hands
  • have time on your hands
  • have time to kill
  • have to
  • have to be moving along
  • have to be seen to be believed
  • have to burn
  • have to do with
  • have to do with (something)
  • have to eat (one's) words
  • have to get married
  • have to go now
  • have to go some
  • have to hand it to
  • have to hand it to somebody
  • have to hand it to someone
  • have to live with
  • have to run along
  • have to shove off
  • have to show for
  • have to spare
  • have to your name
  • have too
  • have too many irons in the fire
  • have too much of a good thing
  • have too much on plate
  • have toys in the attic
  • have truck with
  • have two left feet
  • have two strikes against (one)
  • have two strings to (one's) bow
  • have up
  • have up sleeve
  • have use for
  • have way with
  • have what it takes
  • have whisker
  • have whiskers
  • have windmills in (one's) head
  • have wires crossed
  • have words
  • have words (with someone)
  • have words stick in throat
  • have words with
  • have work cut out for
  • have work done
  • have your back to the wall
  • have your bread buttered on both sides
  • have your cake and eat it
  • have your cross to bear
  • have your doubts
  • have your eye on somebody/something
  • have your feet on the ground
  • have your finger on the pulse
  • have your fingers in the till
  • have your fingers/hand in the till
  • have your good, plus, etc. points
  • have your hand in the till
  • have your hands full
  • have your head in the clouds
  • have your head screwed on
  • have your head up your arse
  • have your heart in
  • have your heart in the right place
  • have your heart in your mouth
  • have your mind on other things
  • have your moments
  • have your monkey up
  • have your name in lights
  • have your nose in a book, magazine, etc.
  • have your say
  • have your way with somebody
  • have your wits about you
  • have your work cut out
  • have your, his, its, etc. uses
  • have your/its moments
  • have, etc. a touch of class
  • have, etc. an/the edge on/over somebody/something
  • have, etc. teething problems/troubles
  • have, show, etc. bottle
  • have/exchange words
  • have/get (something) down pat
  • have/get an eyeful
  • have/get something down to a science
  • have/give somebody a rough/an easy ride
  • have/hold the aces
  • have/keep a clear head
  • have/keep an open mind
  • have/keep both/your feet on the ground
  • have/keep somebody on a string
  • have/keep something up your sleeve
  • have/keep your finger on the pulse
  • have/keep your fingers crossed
  • have/keep your wits about you
  • have/know all the answers
  • have/know/get something off pat
  • have/lack the courage of your convictions
  • have/play/take/want no part in/of something
  • have/put skin in the game
  • have/run a temperature
  • have/take a butcher's
  • have/take a gander
  • have/take a hand in something/in doing something
  • have/take a shot
  • have/take a shufti
  • have/throw a fit
  • have/want no truck with somebody/something
  • have/want none of it/that
  • haven't
  • having a wonderful time; wish you were here
  • having the time of my life
  • he, she, etc. isn't having any
  • head in the clouds, have one's
  • head in the clouds, to have one's
  • hear a pin drop, one/you could
  • heart in it, have one's
  • heart in one's mouth, have one's
  • heart in one's mouth, to have one's
  • heart in the right place, have one's
  • heart in the right place, to have one's
  • heart of gold, (to have) a
  • heart of stone, to have a
  • hide one's head in the sand
  • hold (all) the aces
  • hold the whip hand
  • if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
  • in common
  • in one's hands
  • it doesn't hurt to (have or do something)
  • it won't hurt to (have or do something)
  • it wouldn't hurt to (have or do something)
  • itch for, have an
  • itchy palm, to have an
  • keep (one's) feet on the ground
  • keep (one's) finger on the pulse
  • keep (one's) fingers crossed
  • keep (one's) wits about (one)
  • keep (one) on a string
  • keep (something) up (one's) sleeve
  • keep a clear head
  • keep an ear to the ground
  • keep an eye on
  • keep an eye out
  • keep an/(one's) ear to the ground
  • keep eye on
  • keep feet on the ground
  • keep one's eye on the ball
  • keep your ear to the ground
  • keep/have an/your ear to the ground
  • knock (someone) over with a feather
  • know (something) off pat
  • lack the courage of (one's) convictions
  • last laugh, have the
  • last laugh, to have the
  • last word
  • last word, to have the
  • lead/have a charmed life
  • leg to stand on, doesn't have a/not a/without a
  • let (one) have (one's) head
  • let (one) have it
  • let have it
  • let me have it
  • let somebody have it
  • let's be having you
  • let's have it
  • little pitchers have long ears
  • look as if (one) has seen a ghost
  • look as if you have seen a ghost
  • look as though (one) has seen a ghost
  • lunatics have taken over the asylum, the
  • mind like a steel trap, have a
  • mind of one's own, have a
  • more you get, the more you want
  • move up
  • move up in the world
  • neither rhyme nor reason
  • never have a good word to say about (someone of something)
  • never have a good word to say for (someone of something)
  • never would have guessed
  • nice place (you have here)
  • no joy
  • no stomach for, have
  • no time for, have
  • none of one's business
  • nose in a book, have one's
  • nose in the air, have one's
  • nose out of joint, have one's
  • nose out of joint, to have one's/put someone's
  • nose to the grindstone, have/keep one's
  • not be having any of it
  • not get a look in
  • not get/have a look-in
  • not have (any of) it
  • not have (one's) heart in (something)
  • not have a (kind of) bone in (one's) body
  • not have a (snowball's) chance in hell
  • not have a (some kind of) bone in (one's) body
  • not have a bar of (something)
  • not have a bar of something
  • not have a bean
  • not have a care in the world
  • not have a cat in hell's chance
  • not have a chance in hell (of doing something)
  • not have a clue
  • not have a ghost of a chance
  • not have a good word to say about (someone of something)
  • not have a good word to say for (someone of something)
  • not have a hope in hell
  • not have a hope in hell (of doing something)
  • not have a leg to stand on
  • not have a look in
  • not have a lot on
  • not have a minute to call (one's) own
  • not have a penny
  • not have a penny to (one's) name
  • not have a penny to bless (oneself) with
  • not have a penny to bless yourself with
  • not have a penny to your name
  • not have a pot to piss in
  • not have a prayer
  • not have a red cent
  • not have a shot in (one's) locker
  • not have a snowball's chance in hell
  • not have a snowball's chance in hell and not a hope in hell
  • not have a stitch of clothes
  • not have a stitch of clothes (one)
  • not have a stitch of clothing (one)
  • not have a stitch on
  • not have a...bone in your body
  • not have a/the ghost of a chance
  • not have all (one's) buttons
  • not have all (one's) marbles
  • not have all day
  • not have all marbles
  • not have an earthly chance
  • not have any of (something)
  • not have anything on
  • not have anything on (someone or something)
  • not have it
  • not have much between the ears
  • not have one's heart in it
  • not have the face
  • not have the face (to do something)
  • not have the faintest
  • not have the faintest (notion)
  • not have the faintest idea
  • not have the faintest/foggiest
  • not have the first idea
  • not have the foggiest
  • not have the foggiest (notion)
  • not have the foggiest idea
  • not have the ghost of a chance
  • not have the heart
  • not have the heart to
  • not have the heart to do
  • not have the slightest idea
  • not have the stomach for (something)
  • not have the stomach for something
  • not have two (something) to rub together
  • not have two brain cells to rub together
  • not have two brain cells, pennies, etc. to rub together
  • not have two nickels to rub together
  • not have two pennies to rub together
  • not have two to rub together
  • not having any
  • not move a muscle
  • not/never have a good word to say for/about somebody/something
  • nothing so bad but (it) might have been worse
  • nothing to complain about
  • old sins have long shadows
  • on a string
  • on one's mind
  • on second thought
  • on the ball, be
  • on track
  • one foot in the grave, have
  • one-track mind, to have a
  • only have eyes for
  • only have eyes for (one)
  • only have eyes for (something)
  • only have eyes for somebody
  • only have eyes for someone
  • only have eyes for something
  • over a barrel
  • peg as
  • plate, to have a lot/enough on one's
  • play no part in/of (something)
  • pot to pee/piss in, not have a
  • put (one's) nose out of joint
  • put (someone or something) down as (something)
  • put out the/(one's) feelers
  • put out/have feelers
  • quick temper
  • red cent, not worth/don't have a
  • ride (one's) luck
  • ride (someone's) ass
  • ride (someone's) back
  • ride (someone's) butt
  • ride tall in the/(one's) saddle
  • right to
  • ring false
  • rocket scientist, you don't have to be a
  • rocks in one's head, have
  • rocks in one's head, to have
  • screw loose, to have a
  • see the last of
  • seen better days, have
  • seen better days, to have
  • set one's heart on
  • shoot (one's) bolt
  • short end of the stick, to get/have the
  • short temper
  • should have stood in bed
  • should have stood in bed, I
  • show (a lot) of bottle
  • sit tall in the/(one's) saddle
  • so bad one can taste it
  • so mad (that) (one) could scream
  • soft spot
  • some people have all the luck
  • speak one's mind, to
  • speak with a forked tongue
  • stars in one's eyes, have
  • sweet tooth, (to have) a
  • swelled head, have a
  • swelled head, to have a
  • take (one's) pick
  • take (someone) under (one's) wing
  • take a butcher's
  • take a crack at something
  • take a gander
  • take a hand in (something)
  • take a look at
  • take a look for
  • take a pop at someone
  • take a pop at someone/something
  • take a shot
  • take a shot at (someone or something)
  • take a whack at (someone or something)
  • take no part in/of (something)
  • take pity on
  • take pity on (someone or something)
  • take the measure of (someone or something)
  • take/have somebody under your wing
  • take/have your pick
  • tan someone's hide
  • the Dutch have taken Holland
  • the ayes have it
  • the battle lines are drawn
  • the busiest men have the most leisure
  • the devil's children have the devil's luck
  • the have-nots
  • the haves
  • the haves and the have-nots
  • the inmates have taken over the asylum
  • the lunatics have taken over the asylum
  • the more you have, the more you want
  • the noes have it
  • the price (one) has to pay
  • the scales fall from somebody's eyes
  • the terrorists will have won
  • the walls have ears
  • thick skin, to have a
  • this is why we can't have nice things
  • those that have, get more
  • those who have, get more
  • tiger by the tail, to have a
  • time flies when you're having fun
  • time on one's hands, (to have)
  • times have changed
  • to go
  • to have a hollow leg
  • tongues wag
  • train sights on
  • try at
  • two left feet, have
  • two strikes against someone/something, to have
  • under a spell
  • under control
  • under scrutiny
  • under thumb
  • under wing
  • up one's sleeve, to have something
  • upper hand, to have the
  • walls have ears, the
  • want no part in/of (something)
  • want no truck with (someone or something)
  • want none of it/that
  • wear heart on sleeve
  • what (one) has coming
  • what does that have to do with the price of tea in China
  • what have you
  • when pigs have wings
  • who are you, and what have you done with (someone)
  • who would have thought
  • who'd have thunk it
  • will have none of (something)
  • will have none of something
  • without a leg to stand on
  • without a stitch on
  • work cut out for one, to have one's
  • you can have too much of a good thing
  • you can't have your cake and eat it
  • you could have fooled me
  • you could have fooled me!
  • you could have heard a pin drop
  • you could have knocked me down with a feather
  • you could have knocked me, etc. down with a feather
  • you don't have to be a rocket scientist
  • you don't have to be a rocket scientist (to do something)
  • you have (got) to laugh
  • you have got to be kidding (me)
  • you have made your bed and must lie in it
  • you have no idea
  • you have no idea...
  • you have to (learn to) walk before you (can) run
  • you have to be cruel to be kind
  • you have to hand it to someone
  • you have to laugh
  • you must be joking
  • you shouldn't have
  • you've got me there
  • you've made your bed, now lie on it
  • you('ve) lost me
  • you, etc. can't have it both ways
References in classic literature
It was happy for the poor man that it was my man Friday; for, having been used to such creatures in his country, he had no fear upon him, but went close up to him and shot him; whereas, any other of us would have fired at a farther distance, and have perhaps either missed the wolf or endangered shooting the man.
But it was enough to have terrified a bolder man than I; and, indeed, it alarmed all our company, when, with the noise of Friday's pistol, we heard on both sides the most dismal howling of wolves; and the noise, redoubled by the echo of the mountains, appeared to us as if there had been a prodigious number of them; and perhaps there was not such a few as that we had no cause of apprehension: however, as Friday had killed this wolf, the other that had fastened upon the horse left him immediately, and fled, without doing him any damage, having happily fastened upon his head, where the bosses of the bridle had stuck in his teeth.
Robinson Crusoe
Day by day as his hopes grew stronger and his face brighter, he must have thought me a more and more affectionate friend, for I had the greatest difficulty in restraining my tears of triumph when I saw him so happy.
Great Expectations
Huber's statement that the very first cell is excavated out of a little parallel-sided wall of wax, is not, as far as I have seen, strictly correct; the first commencement having always been a little hood of wax; but I will not here enter on these details.
I was able practically to show this fact, by covering the edges of the hexagonal walls of a single cell, or the extreme margin of the circumferential rim of a growing comb, with an extremely thin layer of melted vermilion wax; and I invariably found that the colour was most delicately diffused by the bees--as delicately as a painter could have done with his brush--by atoms of the coloured wax having been taken from the spot on which it had been placed, and worked into the growing edges of the cells all round.
When bees have a place on which they can stand in their proper positions for working,--for instance, on a slip of wood, placed directly under the middle of a comb growing downwards so that the comb has to be built over one face of the slip--in this case the bees can lay the foundations of one wall of a new hexagon, in its strictly proper place, projecting beyond the other completed cells.
As natural selection acts only by the accumulation of slight modifications of structure or instinct, each profitable to the individual under its conditions of life, it may reasonably be asked, how a long and graduated succession of modified architectural instincts, all tending towards the present perfect plan of construction, could have profited the progenitors of the hive-bee?
The motive power of the process of natural selection having been economy of wax; that individual swarm which wasted least honey in the secretion of wax, having succeeded best, and having transmitted by inheritance its newly acquired economical instinct to new swarms, which in their turn will have had the best chance of succeeding in the struggle for existence.
No doubt many instincts of very difficult explanation could be opposed to the theory of natural selection,--cases, in which we cannot see how an instinct could possibly have originated; cases, in which no intermediate gradations are known to exist; cases of instinct of apparently such trifling importance, that they could hardly have been acted on by natural selection; cases of instincts almost identically the same in animals so remote in the scale of nature, that we cannot account for their similarity by inheritance from a common parent, and must therefore believe that they have been acquired by independent acts of natural selection.
The Origin of Species
And he who does not properly manage this business will soon lose what he has acquired, and whilst he does hold it he will have endless difficulties and troubles.
Because the Romans did in these instances what all prudent princes ought to do, who have to regard not only present troubles, but also future ones, for which they must prepare with every energy, because, when foreseen, it is easy to remedy them; but if you wait until they approach, the medicine is no longer in time because the malady has become incurable; for it happens in this, as the physicians say it happens in hectic fever, that in the beginning of the malady it is easy to cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of time, not having been either detected or treated in the beginning, it becomes easy to detect but difficult to cure.
(which it is only given to a wise man to see), they can be quickly redressed, but when, through not having been foreseen, they have been permitted to grow in a way that every one can see them, there is no longer a remedy.
I will not blame the course taken by the king, because, wishing to get a foothold in Italy, and having no friends there--seeing rather that every door was shut to him owing to the conduct of Charles--he was forced to accept those friendships which he could get, and he would have succeeded very quickly in his design if in other matters he had not made some mistakes.
Let any one now consider with that little difficulty the king could have maintained his position in Italy had he observed the rules above laid down, and kept all his friends secure and protected; for although they were numerous they were both weak and timid, some afraid of the Church, some of the Venetians, and thus they would always have been forced to stand in with him, and by their means he could easily have made himself secure against those who remained powerful.
And as if it were not enough to have aggrandized the Church, and deprived himself of friends, he, wishing to have the kingdom of Naples, divides it with the King of Spain, and where he was the prime arbiter in Italy he takes an associate, so that the ambitious of that country and the malcontents of his own should have somewhere to shelter; and whereas he could have left in the kingdom his own pensioner as king, he drove him out, to put one there who was able to drive him, Louis, out in turn.
Prince