IDIOM OF THE DAY - {HAVE}

• IDIOM OF THE DAY -     {HAVE}
  
  1 '... had better ...'
  [(Someone) ought to (do something)]
  ‘I’d better check that I’ve locked all the doors before I go out.’ / ‘You’d better not go there this evening—/ think he’ll be busy.’ *Sometimes used as a threat: ‘I’ll pay you back on Friday.’ ‘You’d better!’ / ‘I promise I’ll return the car.’ ‘You better had!’
  
  2 'Have ..., will ...'
  
  [An expression used to show a willingness or ability (to do something, especially go somewhere), because you have (something)]
  ‘“Have car, will travel” as the saying goes—so we’ve been to Scotland for the week-end!’
  
  3 'I have and I haven’t'
  
  [An ambiguous, rather defensive, reply to a question, showing that the speaker has partly done or undertaken something, and often used when the speaker purposely does not want to be clear]
  ‘Have you spoken to Mr Smith about a pay rise?’ ‘I have and 1 haven’t; not directly, yet, but I promise to tomorrow.’ / ‘Have you got any work for me to mark?’ ‘Well, I have and I haven’t.’
  
  4 'I wouldn’t have it if you gave it to (or paid) me!'
  
  [I’m not accepting what you’re offering]
  ‘That car of yours is so old, I wouldn’t have it if you gave it to me!’
  
  5 'I’m (he’s/she’s) not having it'
  
  [I’m (he/she is) not tolerating something]
  ‘I tell you, I don’t want any of that kind of nonsense going on in my house. I’m just not having it.’
  
  6 'Let’s be having you'
  
  [A firm request to move somewhere quickly: used by attendants at a public place, foremen to workers, and supposedly by policemen]
  ‘Come along now, let’s be having you, please!’ r ‘Ladies and gentlemen, let’s be having you: the museum closes in ten minutes.’
  
  7 'What have you'
  
  [Other similar people, things, etc.]
  On sale at the jumble sale were clothes, toys, bric-a-brac and what have you.
  
  8 'You shouldn’t have'
  
  [It is very kind of you: used in accepting a gift]
  ‘Auntie, we’ve brought you some flowers, and all the family hope you’ll get better soon.’ ‘Oh, you shouldn’t have! Aren’t they lovely!’
  
  taken from the GLOBAL ELT ENGLISH IDIOMS DICTIONARY