Have a good thing going
Have matters arranged to one’s benefit or profit. For example, Joe’s got a good thing going with this new franchise . It also may be put as make a good thing of , meaning “make something work to one’s benefit,” as in If we work hard we can make a good thing of this job . The first term dates from the second half of the 1900s, the second from the early 1800s. Also see have going for one
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- Have a good time
Enjoy oneself, as in I hope you have a good time at the beach . This idiom, also used as an imperative, dates from 16th-century England, where it was popular until the late 1600s and died out. Samuel Pepys, in a diary entry of March 1, 1666, wrote, “I went and had as good a […]
- Have a grasp of
see under get a fix on
- Have a hard-on for someone
verb phrase To have antipathy for; hate: He knows I’m a federal cop, so he’s got to figure I got a hard on for Panthers/ couple heavy-duty Cubans worked for the CIA when the CIA had a hard-on for Castro (1970s+)
- Have a hard time
see: hard time
- Have a head for
1. Also, have a good or strong head for. 2. Be able to tolerate, as in Nell has no head for liquor, or Luckily I have a good head for heights. [ Early 1800s ] 3. Have a mental aptitude for, as in She has a good head for figures and straightened out the statistics […]