Словарь американских идиом (8000 единиц)

[have a go at] <v. phr.>, <informal> To try, especially after others have tried. * /Bob asked Dick to let him have a go at shooting at the target with Dick's rifle./ * /She had a go at archery, but did not do very well./

[have a good head on one's shoulders] <v. phr.> To be smart; intelligent; well educated. * /Rob is not the handsomest guy in the world but the girls appreciate him because he has a good head on his shoulders./

[have a (good) head for] <v. phr.> To have a special talent in a certain area. * /Joan has quite a good head for business administration./

[have a (good) mind to] <v. phr.> To consider doing; intend to with a high degree of probability. * /I have a good mind to tell my boss that he doesn't know how to run our enterprise./

[have a hand in] <v. phr.> To have a part in or influence over; to be partly responsible for. * /Sue's schoolmates respect her and she has a hand in every important decision made by the Student Council./ * /Ben had a hand in getting ready the Senior play./ Compare: FINGER IN THE PIE.

[have a heart] <v. phr.>, <informal> To stop being mean; be kind, generous, or sympathetic. * /Have a heart, Bob, and lend me two dollars./ * /Have a heart, Mary, and help me with this lesson./ * /He didn't know if the teacher would have a heart and pass him./

[have a heart-to-heart talk] <v. phr.> To confide in someone with great intimacy. * /Jill and her mother had a heart-to-heart talk before she decided to move in with Andrew./

[have all one's buttons] or [have all one's marbles] <v. phr.>, <slang> To have all your understanding; be reasonable.
– Usually used in the negative or conditionally. * /Mike acts sometimes as if he didn't have all his buttons./ * /He would not go to town barefooted if he had all his marbles./

[have a mind of one's own] <v. phr.> To be independent in one's thinking and judgment. * /Tow has always had a mind of his own so there is no use trying to convince him how to vote./

[have an affair with] <v. phr.> To have a sexual relationship with someone, either before marriage or outside of one's marriage. * /Tow and Jane had a long and complex affair but they never got married./

[have an ear for] <v. phr.> To have a keen perception; have a taste or a talent for; be sensitive to something. * /I have no ear whatsoever for foreign languages or music./

[have an ear to the ground] See: EAR TO THE GROUND.

[have an edge on] <v. phr.>, <informal> 1. To have an advantage over someone or something else in the course of an evaluative comparison. * /I can't beat you at tennis, but I have an edge on you in ping-pong./ 2. To be mildly intoxicated; to have had a few drinks. * /Joe sure had an edge on when I saw him last night./ Compare: EDGE ON.

[have an eye for] <v. phr.> To be able to judge correctly of; have good taste in. * /She has an eye for color and style in clothes./ * /He has an eye for good English usage./

[have an eye on] or [have one's eye on] <v. phr.>, <informal> 1. To look at or think about (something wanted); have a wish for; have as an aim. * /I bought ice cream, but Jimmy had his eye on some candy./ * /John has his eye on a scholarship so he can go to college./ Compare: IN MIND. 2. See: KEEP AN EYE ON(1).

[have an eye out] See: EYE OUT.

[have an eye] to See: EYE TO.

[have an itch for] or [to do] See: BE ITCHING TO.

[have a nodding acquaintance with] See: NODDING ACQUAINTANCE.

[have a price on one's head] See: PRICE ON ONE'S HEAD.

[have a rough idea about] See: ROUGH IDEA.

[have a say in] or [a voice in] <v. phr.> To have the right to express one's opinion or cast a vote in a pending matter. * /Our boss is friendly and democratic; he always encourages us to have a say in what we will do next./

[have a screw loose] <v. phr,>, <slang> To act in a strange way; to be foolish. * /Now I know he has a screw loose - he stole a police car this time./ * /He was a smart man but had a screw loose and people thought him odd./

[have a snowball's chance in hell] <v. phr.> To be condemned to failure; enjoy a zero chance of success. * /Pessimists used to think that we had a snowball's chance in hell to put a man on the moon; yet we did it in July, 1969./

[have a soft spot in one's heart for] <v. phr.> To be sympathetically inclined towards; entertain a predilection for. * /Ron always had a soft spot in his heart for intellectual women wearing miniskirts./

[have a sweet tooth] <v. phr.> To be excessively fond of dessert items, such as ice cream, pies, etc. * /Jill has a sweet tooth; she always orders apple pie after a meal in a restaurant./

[have a time] <v. phr.>, <informal> 1. To have trouble; have a hard time. * /Poor Susan had a time trying to get the children to go to bed./ * /John had a time passing his math course./ 2. To have a good time; to have fun.
– Used with a reflexive pronoun. * /Bob had himself a time going to every night club in town./ * /Mary had herself a time dancing at the party./ Syn.: HAVE A BALL.

[have a way with] <v. phr.> To be able to lead, persuade, or influence. * /Dave has such a way with the campers that they do everything he tells them to do./ * /Ted will be a good veterinarian, because he has a way with animals./

[have a word with] <v. phr.> 1. To talk, discuss, or speak briefly with. * /Robert, I need to have a word with you about tomorrow's exam./ 2. To engage in a sincere discussion with the purpose of persuading the other person or let him or her know of one's dissatisfaction. * /Our boss has been making funny decisions lately; I think we ought to have a word with him./

[have been around] <v. phr.>, <informal> Have been to many places and done many things; know people; have experience and be able to take care of yourself. * /Uncle Willie is an old sailor and has really been around./ * /Betty likes to go out with Jerry, because he has been around./ * /It's not easy to fool him; he's been around./ Compare: GET AROUND, KNOW ONE'S WAY AROUND.

[have dibs on] or [put dibs on] <v. phr.>, <slang> To demand a share of something or to be in line for the use of an object usable by more than one person. * /Don't throw your magazine away! I put (my) dibs on it, remember?/

[have done] <v.>, <formal> To stop; finish. * /When the teacher had done, she asked for questions from the class./ * /If you have done, I will explain the matter./

[have done with] <v.> To stop doing or using something. * /When you have done with that paintbrush, Barbara, I would like to use it. * /I wish you would have done with your criticisms./