Compound Forms:
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| have a leg up on [sb] v expr | figurative, informal (have an advantage: over [sb]) | tener ventaja sobre, tener una ventaja sobre loc verb |
| | She's got a leg up on most of the kids in the team, as her dad's a professional player. |
| | Tiene ventaja sobre los demás niños del equipo, ya que su padre es un jugador profesional. |
| have an ace up your sleeve v expr | figurative, informal (have a secret advantage) | tener un as bajo la manga loc verb |
| have had it up to here v expr | figurative, informal (be exasperated) (coloquial) | estar hasta acá loc verb |
| | | estar hasta las narices, estar hasta la coronilla loc verb |
have had it up to here with [sth/sb],
be up to here with [sth/sb] v expr | figurative, informal (be exasperated) (coloquial) | estar hasta acá de loc verb + prep |
| | | estar hasta las narices de, estar hasta la coronilla de loc verb + prep |
| | I've had it up to here with all your excuses! |
| have [sth] lined up v expr | informal (have scheduled) | tener planificado loc verb |
| | | tener preparado loc verb |
| | | tener programado loc verb |
| | The weekend's almost here! What have you got lined up? |
| | ¡Ya llega el fin de semana! ¿Qué tienes planificado? |
| have [sth] lined up for [sth] v expr | informal (scheduled for a time) | tener preparado para loc verb |
| | | tener programado para loc verb |
| | We have three events lined up for next week. |
| | Tenemos tres eventos preparados para la semana próxima. |
have [sth] sewn up,
have [sth] all sewn up,
have [sth] sewed up,
have [sth] all sewed up v expr | US, figurative (make sure of having) | tenerlo todo atado, tenerlo todo bajo control loc verb |
| | Miss Tennessee thought for sure she had the Miss America title all sewn up, but Miss Alaska was the winner. |
| | Miss Tennessee estaba segura de que lo tenía todo atado para ser Miss América, pero Miss Alaska fue la ganadora. |
| have [sth] up your sleeve v expr | informal, figurative (keep secretly) (figurado) | tener debajo de la manga loc verb |
| have had it up to your ears with [sth/sb] v expr | figurative, informal (be exasperated with) | hasta el cuello loc adv |
get [sb] worked up,
have [sb] worked up v expr | informal (make overexcited, nervous) | tener alterado a loc verb |
| | | poner nervioso a loc verb |
| | The fast-approaching deadline had Veronica worked up. |
| | La fecha de entrega tenía alterada a Verónica. |