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have one's cake and eat it tooTo seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).Rate it:

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have one's ducks in a rowTo be organized; to have one's affairs in order; specifically, to have a multi-person effort coordinated towards the exact same goal.Rate it:

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have one's ears loweredTo get a haircut.Rate it:

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have one's eye onto seek, pursueRate it:

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have one's fingers in many piesto be involved in many different things.Rate it:

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have one's hand in the tillTo embezzle, to steal from one's place of business.Rate it:

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have one's hand outTo be requesting benefits, especially if not entitled to them.Rate it:

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have one's hands fullTo be busy or thoroughly preoccupied.Rate it:

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have one's head in the cloudsTo daydream; to think about matters other than the present reality.Rate it:

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have one's head in the cloudsTo have fantastic or impractical dreams; to think impractically.Rate it:

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have one's head readTo have the bumps, indentations, and shape of one's skull examined and interpreted by a phrenologist.Rate it:

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have one's head readTo have one's mental health assessed, to receive a psychiatric examination.Rate it:

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have one's head up one's assTo be oblivious to the real state of things, from either stupidity or stubbornness.Rate it:

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have one's heart in the right placeTo have good intentions.Rate it:

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have one's heart set onTo want or desire deeply, regardless of practicality or rationality.Rate it:

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have one's mind about oneTo be composed or lucid.Rate it:

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have one's momentsTo experience brief periods of distinction, especially in contrast with the status quo.Rate it:

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have one's name on itTo be reserved for someone.Rate it:

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have one's name takenTo receive a yellow cardRate it:

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have one's number on itTe be destined for someone.Rate it:

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have one's wayTo achieve a desired or natural result.Rate it:

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have one's wayTo obtain the circumstances one wishes for; to do what one wishes to do, or to have others do what one wishes them to do.Rate it:

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have one's wayTo have sexual intercourse with, especially without the consent of one's partner.Rate it:

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have one's way withTo engage in sexual intercourse with, especially without the consent of one's partner.Rate it:

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have one's wicked wayTo have sexual intercourse.Rate it:

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have one's wits about oneTo remain calm, composed, or aware.Rate it:

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have one's work cut out for oneTo face a large task or project.Rate it:

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have other fish to fryC. 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Journal to Stella, ch. 2, Letter 15.Rate it:

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have other fish to fryTo have more important things to do.Rate it:

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have second thoughtsTo change one's opinion, or be uneasy about a previous decision.Rate it:

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have seen one's dayTo be at the point in a life cycle or career of no longer being useful or effective; to be worn-out.Rate it:

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have someone by the short and curliesto exercise total control over someone.Rate it:

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have someone by the short hairsTo have someone in a difficult situation in which he or she is without alternatives and can be controlled.Rate it:

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have someone goingUsed other than as an idiom: See have, go.Rate it:

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have someone on toastTo have somebody in one's power, or in a compromising or helpless position.Rate it:

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have someone's backTo be prepared and willing to support or defend (someone).Rate it:

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have someone's blood on one's headTo be responsible for someone's death, pain, or misfortune.Rate it:

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have the tiger by the tailTo be in a difficult or dangerous situation in which one ideally should not remain, but from which one cannot withdraw.Rate it:

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have the time of one's lifeTo enjoy oneself more than ever before.Rate it:

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have the time of one's lifeTo enjoy oneself immensely.Rate it:

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have the wolf by the earTo be in a difficult situation - a dangerous situation from which one cannot disengage, but in which one cannot safely remain.Rate it:

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have the world by the tailTo possess great influence and opportunity.Rate it:

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have time on one's sideTo not be rushed; to have plenty of time to do somethingRate it:

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Have Your Cake and Eat It TooTo have something both ways, to have something in possession and be able to exploit or use itRate it:

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have/keep your finger on the pulseTo be keen on current happenings, trends, or developments in a particular place or situation; to know all the latest information about something and have a firm understanding of itRate it:

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Hawaiian gooseUsed other than as an idiom: see Hawaiian, goose.Rate it:

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he could be her fatherOne could be someone's parent, said of a man older than a woman.Rate it:

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he is always going off at a tangentHe always changes from a topic to another irrelevant oneRate it:

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he turned out to be a total fronzInability to understand even the simplest of thingsRate it:

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he who hesitates is lostone who is not quick to act gets left behind.Rate it:

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