H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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Contents of H:
[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 […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
[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.