10 English Expressions with HAVE phrasal verbs idioms and slang sayings
hello everyone and welcome back to
english with lucy today I have got a
video for you as you can tell by the
title of 10 expressions that use the
verb the verb the weblab expressions
using the verb to have and I know that
to have is a verb well it’s an auxiliary
verb it’s a verb that can be really
really confusing for you guys because it
has so many different meanings and it’s
used so frequently it’s kind of
difficult in the moment when you hear it
to work out exactly what it means but I
have 10 phrases 10 expressions they’re
idiomatic they’re ones that we would use
in more informal situations you’d hear
them a lot in the United Kingdom I think
most of them would be used in the US and
in other english-speaking countries as
well so they’re pretty universal but
they’re seriously seriously useful so
let’s get started with the lesson
quickly before we get started
not kidding not today let’s get started
with the lesson number one my first
expression using have is to have a laugh
to have a laugh now to have a laugh
means to kid around or to have to be
joking or even to have a joke can be
said as well so if I say to you are you
having a laugh I’m essentially saying
are you joking oh sorry I was just
having a laugh sorry I was just joking I
wasn’t being serious
number two is to have somebody on to
have somebody on so it’s a separable and
this one is always separable phrasal
verb in this context in this context it
must always be separated it is a
separable one for this meaning it sort
of means to persuade somebody that
something is true when in reality it
isn’t so if I don’t believe something
that somebody is saying to me I’ll say
are you having me on
are you trying to persuade me that
something’s true when actually isn’t in
reality see it’s much much easier just
to say are you having me on rather than
you trying to persuade me something’s
true when it actually isn’t in reality
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still talking about laughing and joking
and this one is a lovely one this one is
to have the last laugh and this is such
a satisfying feeling to have the last
laugh to have the last laugh means to
finally be more successful than somebody
else who was unpleasant to you so it
means to finally be more successful than
somebody else who was unpleasant to you
I’ll give you an example of this Anna
I’ve got English like a native on the
brain Anna was bullied for being a nerd
at school but she had the last laugh
when she got the highest grades in the
year obviously these other people were
nasty to Anna this isn’t true by the way
I’ve made it up the other people were
nasty to Anna but she had the last laugh
because she got the highest grade in the
school she was more successful than
those other people who were unpleasant
to her totally fake
I’m sure she was very successful at
school she’s a very intelligent woman
but I’ve just I’ve made it up number
four to have a sweet tooth now I’d
really like to know if this one
translates into your language at all
because I can’t remember if it is in
Spanish I don’t know if it translates
let me know obviously which a language
you speak and if it’s the same in your
language or if there’s a slight
variation but in English to have a sweet
tooth means to be a big big fan of sweet
foods so the person with the biggest
sweet tooth
no is my grandma my mum’s mum she loves
sweet foods and anything sugary you can
see it in her face when she sees them
she’s really really excited about it so
yes my lovely grandma has a sweet tooth
yeah comment down below let me know I
love hearing about similarities between
languages one of my previous videos
which I’ll put up there in the card to
hit two birds with one stone so many of
you came back and you told me so many
different things and and it turns out
that it’s a phrase that is quite common
in many different languages but with
slight variations so thank you everyone
who got involved in that now number five
this is a phrase that my mum used to say
to me when I was a child and I always
knew that I had done something wrong and
this is to have a bone to pick with
someone so to have a bone to pick with
someone my mom always used to say Lucy I
have a bone to pick with you I know if
she’s watching now she’ll be laughing
because she knows exactly how she says
it Lucy I have a bone to pick with you
and basically when somebody has a bone
to pick with someone it means that they
have a problem or issue that they want
to discuss with that person so it would
normally be because I hadn’t kept my
bedroom tidy and organized this was a
problem for my mum and she wanted to
talk to me about it Lucy I have a bone
to pick with you it’s quite a nice
diplomatic way in my opinion to confront
an issue with someone instead of saying
I want to talk to you about a problem I
have a bone to pick with you
I think it’s a bit nicer a bit softer
now number six it’s is it number six yes
number six number six is something that
I actually had myself in 2015 late 2015
it is to have a change of heart and if
you have a change of heart it means that
you change your attitude or your opinion
about something
normally a long-standing opinion or
attitude about something and usually
it’s a change from a negative point to a
positive one but it’s all relative
and my change of heart was that I
thought that I wanted to work in
marketing I my dream was actually to
work in L’Oreal I really really really
really wanted to work in the marketing
department of L’Oreal for some reason I
had it in my head but suddenly I had a
change of heart I realized that I wanted
to continue teaching and more than that
I wanted to start teaching on YouTube I
didn’t think it was going to be a career
but I definitely knew that this
connection I had with teaching and the
connection with the English language was
more important to me than a typical
marketing career so I had this big
change of heart I had worked for four
years to achieve my degree all I thought
about was marketing and suddenly my
attitude changed I had a change of heart
number seven is to have a crack at
something to have a crack at something
to have a crack at something distracted
by the beautiful sounds of English and
to have a crack at something is to try
something or to try to do something or
to have a turn at doing something so for
example maybe there’s a really hot I
always struggle with this you know like
a jar of pasta sauce or gherkins
I love gherkins pickles in America
especially the ones from the Polish
section in the supermarket they are
better than the English gherkins anyway
I digress the jar the lid is really
really tight and you I always go and
asks a man in the house to open it and
they’re trying and they’re trying and
then I think ah let me have a crack at
it let me attempt it’s my turn and I’d
do it and sometimes sometimes I manage
it that’s to have a crack at something
is to try and do something or to have a
turn at trying to do something so you
could use it in a situation like you
know would you mind taking my picture
it’s a common tourist situation and you
could say I’ll have a crack at it I’ll
give it a go I’ll try so yes that’s the
lovely phrase for you guys to use now
number eight number eight is a romantic
one this is to have a crush
on someone to have a crush on someone so
if you have a crush on someone it means
you fancy them you really quite like
them in a romantic sort of way so I for
a very very long time had a crush on
Chris Pratt I’m not sure if you know who
he is he’s a very very funny American
actor and when I saw him in Jurassic
Park I had I developed this huge huge
crush and to this day I have a crush on
Chris Pratt now crush is normally
meaningless they’re just that initial
kind of oh I like him or I like her or I
like them kind of thing so yes I’m sure
we all have crushes on people now number
nine is one that’s very relevant to you
guys actually it is to have a good
command of something to have a good
command of something and this means to
know something well or to be good at
something so we really really really
frequently use it with languages so if I
say I have a good command of Spanish it
means I know Spanish well I am good at
speaking Spanish I’m more than capable
of conversing so if you guys are
applying for a job or you want to update
your CV you don’t want to say I’m fluent
in English but you know you want to say
that you are good at it you can say I
have a good command of the English
language I have a good command of
English really nice one to use now
number ten is slightly more
old-fashioned but you can use it in
quite formal situations this is to have
a good mind to do something to have a
good mind to do something it’s ever so
slightly threatening and it means to be
tempted to do something but so for
example if I heard that somebody was
gossiping behind my back I might say I
have a good mind to confront them as in
I am tempted to confront them it doesn’t
mean that I’m going to do it but it
means that the temptation is there so
you might receive a piece of work from
your teacher or your university lecturer
or your boss and they’ve returned it to
you with a bad mark or a bad review and
you might say to your colleague
classmate I have a good mind to go and
speak to them about it like I am tempted
to it’s kind of like I know I shouldn’t
but I kind of want to write guys those
are my 10 have expressions that are
loads more I really really enjoyed
making this video I don’t know if you
can see how much I’m enjoying filming
today but I really really am loving it
but for some reason I really enjoyed
making this video I think it’s because I
got to relate a lot of the expressions
back to me in my life I always like to
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