Have a ball
verb phrase
To enjoy oneself particularly well and uninhibitedly: After the dean left we had us a ball (1940s+)
Enjoy oneself enormously, as in It was a great trip—I had a ball. This idiom uses the noun ball in the sense of “a gala dance.” [ ; 1920s ]
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verb phrase
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verb phrase To be important; have much influence: We have a big foot in Asia (1990s+)
- Have a big mouth
verb phrase To be inclined to say embarrassingly too much, esp about others’ personal affairs: Marcel Proust sure had a big mouth/ When he heard that, my pal told me I had a big mouth [1960s+; popularized by the comedian Jackie Gleason, who often said it of himself] see: big mouth
- Have a bird
verb phrase To exhibit shock or anger; have kittens: Charlie will have a bird when he learns she died (1960s+)