| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| have you over |
invite you to visit us, drop over
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When we move into our new home we want to have you over.
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| have your cake and eat it, too |
have something after you have eaten or spent it, have it both ways
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You want to spend your money and still have it. You can't have your cake and eat it, too!
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| have your period [B] |
menstruate, got the rags on
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I get stomach pains when I have my period. Do you?
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| haven't got a hope |
do not have a good chance of succeeding
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If you don't study for exams, you haven't got a hope.
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| haven't got a hope in hell |
have no chance to win or succeed or survive etc.
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If the parachute doesn't open, I haven't got a hope in hell.
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| haven't got the stomach for it |
dislike it, do not enjoy it
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She likes to dissect frogs, but I haven't got the stomach for it.
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| haven't seen hide nor hair |
have not seen a person, have seen no sign of him
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We haven't seen hide nor hair of Jack since he borrowed $1000.
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| haven't the foggiest |
have no idea what the answer is, do not know the answer,
have a clue
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"What's a googol?" "A googol! I don't know. I haven't the foggiest!"
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| havoc strikes |
problems happen, crises occur suddenly
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Farmers plant their crops, and havoc strikes in hailstones.
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| hawk |
a person who likes war; wants to make war
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The hawks were pleased when the US declared war on Iraq.
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