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do unto others as you would have them do unto youOne should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself; an expression of the golden rule.Rate it:

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have a good timeTo enjoy oneself.Rate it:

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have a nice dayUsed other than as an idiom: see have, a, nice, day.Rate it:

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have a snootfulTo be drunk.Rate it:

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have a word withTo talk or speak with.Rate it:

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have butterflies in one's stomachTo be nervous, uncertain, or anxious.Rate it:

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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 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 heart in the right placeTo have good intentions.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 your wrist slappedThis expression indicates a minor objection, reprimand, correction, censoring, indicting for a misdemeanor.Rate 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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houston, we have a problemA phrase used to indicate a major problem; often humorously used for reporting any kind of problem.Rate it:

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I don't have any moneyI don't have any moneyRate it:

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I have cancerIndicates that the speaker is afflicted with some form of cancer.Rate it:

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i have many bridges to sell you.You've been very naive.Rate it:

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life is like a s*** sandwich the more bread you have the less s*** you eatThe main point is bread is slang for money so money makes your sandwich a little less repulsive and your life a little less well whateverRate it:

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must have killed a ChinamanA jocular explanation for bad luck.Rate it:

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walls have earsThere is a risk of being heard, so pay attention to what you say.Rate it:

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you have no ideaYou have no idea is a casual phrase used to respond to someone commenting on your difficult circumstances.Rate it:

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you have the advantage over meYou know my name, but I do not know yours; what is it, please?; you know me but I do not know youRate it:

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if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nailWith limited tools, single-minded people apply them inappropriately or indiscriminatelyIf a person is familiar with a certain, single subject/has with them a certain, single instrument, they may have a confirmation bias to believe that it is the answer to/involved in everything.Rate it:

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have ants in one's pantsTo be sexually excited.Rate it:

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have at itattempt, to go ahead, or to attack physically.Rate it:

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have had one's chipsTo be dead or finished.Rate it:

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have I got news for youUsed to announce a fact of which the addressee was, or appeared to be, ignorant.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 the time of one's lifeTo enjoy oneself more than ever before.Rate it:

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have to do with the price of tea in chinaTo have any relation or bearing whatsoever on the topic at hand, usually used to emphasize the lack of relationship of a non sequitur.Rate it:

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Have Your Heart in Your MouthTo have a feeling of extreme fear, be too afraid of somethingRate it:

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I couldn't have said it better myselfUsed to wholeheartedly agree with somebody else's remarkRate it:

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have a cowTo get angry; have a fit.Rate it:

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have a mind like a sieveTo have a poor memory; to have difficulty remembering things.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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ding, ding, ding, we have a winnerSaid when somebody answers a question correctly.Rate it:

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have a green thumbA person with a green thumb, a natural skill for gardening.Rate it:

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have a look-seeTake a look.Rate it:

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have a nice dayGoodbye.Rate it:

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have it both waysTo have two things which are mutually incompatible.Rate it:

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have legsTo have endurance; to have prospects to exist or go on for a long time.Rate 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 head in the cloudsTo have fantastic or impractical dreams; to think impractically.Rate it:

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have one's name takenTo receive a yellow cardRate 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 someone by the short and curliesto exercise total control over someone.Rate it:

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little pitchers have big earsSmall children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.1844, Charlotte M. Yonge, Abbeychurch, ch. 2:Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."1939, "Bedtime Bedlam," Time, 17 Apr.:A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.2002, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, ISBN 9780743455961, p. 185:I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).Rate it:

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have a flatTo have a flat tyre.Rate it:

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have a heartTo be kind or sympathetic; to treat others kindly.Rate it:

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