H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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Contents of H:
[have it] {v. phr.}
1. To hear or get news; understand.
I have it on the best authority that we will be paid for our work next week.
2. To do something in a certain way.
* /Make up your mind, because you can't have it both ways. You must either […]
[have it coming] {v. phr.}
To deserve the good or bad things that happen to you.
I feel sorry about Jack's failing that course, but he had it coming to him.
Everybody said that Eve had it coming when she won the scholarship.
Compare: [ASK […]
[have it in for] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To wish or mean to harm; have a bitter feeling against.
George has it in for Bob because Bob told the teacher that George cheated in the examination.
* /After John beat Ted in a fight, Ted always had it in […]
[have it made] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To be sure of success; have everything you need.
With her fine grades Alice has it made and can enter any college in the country.
The other seniors think Joe has it made because his father owns a big factory.
[have it out] {v. phr.}
To settle a difference by a free discussion or by a fight.
Joe called Bob a bad name, so they went back of the school and had it out. Joe got a bloody nose and Bob got a black eye.
* /The former friends finally decided to […]
[have it over] or [have it all over] {v. phr.}
To be better than; be superior to.
Anne has it all over Jane in looks and charm.
A professional golfer usually has it all over an amateur.
* /A jeep has it over a regular car on rough mountain […]
[have kittens] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To become very much worried or upset.
Mrs. Jones was having kittens because if was very late and Susan wasn't home yet.
Compare: [HAVE A FIT].
[have lots (everything) going for one] {v. phr.}
To have abilities or qualities that help in achieving one's goal; assets working in one's favor.
The young woman will surely get the job; she has everything going for her.