注解：字面理解“某人的肩膀上有一个好脑袋”就是“很聪明”的意思。

例句：You have a good head on your shoulders and I’m sure you’ll do fine in college.

你很聪明而且我很确定你在大学会做得很好。

290. have a mind of one’s own – be able to think independently. 自有主见

注解：字面理解“某人有自己的思想”就是“有自己的主意”的意思。

例句：Although we all voted one way, she voted in a completely opposite direction. She’s really got a mind of her own.

尽管我们全部都投了这边，但是她却投了完全相反的方向。她真地很有主见。

291. have a prayer – have a chance. 有希望，有盼头

注解：prayer 是名词“祈祷”。字面理解“有一个祈祷”。人们祈祷的时候肯定是“希望某事能够发生”或是“期盼心想事成”。

例句：He’s not good enough to make it on the team. He doesn’t have a prayer.

他不是足够优秀能够加入球队。他没有希望加入。

292. have been around – to be experienced, sophisticated. 阅历丰富，经历

注解：have been 本身就有“经历”的含义。在口语中，如果别人说的话你感同身受，并且想告诉他自己曾经也经历过，你就可以说：I have been there . （我曾经也经历过）表示的是很理解对方的感受。around 是副词“在周围，在附近”。have been around 字面理解“在周围经历”表示的就是某人在经历了一些事情后变得经验丰富。

例句：She knows all about office politics. She has been around for a while.

她知道所有的职场政治。她经历过一段时间。

293. have egg on one’s face – be embarrassed. 丢脸，羞愧尴尬不已

注解：字面理解“某人脸上有鸡蛋”，如果一个人的脸上全都是鸡蛋清和鸡蛋黄出现在人群中，那确实挺尴尬的。

例句：She called in sick to work yesterday, but when I saw her at the store she had egg on her face.

她昨天请病假了，但是当我在商店看到她的时候她羞愧尴尬不已。

294. have it coming – deserve a punishment. 罪有应得

注解：have sth. doing 是很常见的用法。有“听任…到来”的含义。have it coming 字面理解“听任…的到来”就是该来的总会来。该表达一般用于有坏事发生了，自嘲的一种说法。

例句：I didn’t study for the exam and I failed. I had it coming.

我没有好好准备考试所以我挂科了，这是我应得的。

295. have it made – be sure of success, have everything. 有成功的把握；具备一切条件；很容易办到

注解：made是make 的过去式和过去分词形式。表示“做完，完成”。have it ＋done 表示“使某事被完成”。比如，剪头发不是cut hair 而是have hair cut （使头发被剪）。字面理解“所有的事都被完成”说明具备了一切条件，当然就很容易办成事情，很有成功的把握了。

例句：Ever since she won the lottery, she can do whatever she wants. She has it made.

自从她中了彩票，她可以做她任何想做的事情。她很容易办到。

296. have it out with someone – discuss a conflict or misunderstanding with the other person involved. 和某人聊天（解决冲突或误会）

注解：字面理解“叫某人和自己出去”。在日常口语中，人们经常会说：“某某，你出来一下。我们聊聊。”这样的表达实际上背后的意思就是有些问题要通过聊天解决。

例句：My friend and I had a big fight last week. This morning I had it out with him and now everything is okay.

我和我的朋友在上周大吵了一架，不过今天早上我跟他聊了聊现在一切都好了。

297. have one’s feet on the ground – be practical, sensible, stable. 脚踏实地，实实在在，踏踏实实

注解：字面理解“让脚在地面上”。脚踩到了地上就很踏实。

例句：She’ll make a great wife and mother because she has got both feeton the ground.

她将会成为一个非常出色的老婆和母亲，因为她很踏实。

298. have one’s hand in the till – steal from one’s employer. 挪用公款

注解：till 作为名词是“放钱的抽屉”。字面理解“把手伸进放钱的抽屉里”，表示的就是偷钱的意思。如果你偷公司的钱，那就叫做挪用公款了。

例句：The reason he has been buying such nice new clothes is that he’s got his hand in the till.

他能够买那么漂亮的衣服的原因其实是他挪用了公款。