eyes in the back of one's head, to have Idiom

a close shave

very close to serious injury or death The old man described his fight with the bear as a close shave.

as luck would have it

as luck is sometimes good and sometimes bad By the time we arrived, as luck would have it, the fight was over.

better to have loved...

(See it is better to have loved and lost...)

can't have it both ways

"you have to choose one or the other; cannot have your cake..." When children are allowed to make choices, they learn that they can't have it both ways.

close shave

(See a close shave)

didn't have a stitch of clothes on

naked, nude, birthday suit, in the buff When the kids go swimming they don't have a stitch of clothes on.

do unto others as you would have them do unto you

treat people the way you would like to be treated "This is The Golden Rule: ""Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."""

have a ball

enjoy the activity, have a blast, have fun We had a ball at Yolanda's party. It was lots of fun.

have a bite

eat lunch, eat some food We can have a bite at a restaurant after we finish shopping.

have a blast

"have a great party; enjoy the dance etc." """How was the dance?"" ""Super! We had a blast!"""

have eyes in the aback of one's head

Fig. to assume to be able to faculty what is activity on abaft or alfresco of one's acreage of vision. My abecedary seems to accept eyes in the aback of her head. My abecedary doesn't charge to accept eyes in the aback of his head. He watches us actual carefully.Learn more: back, eye, have, head, of

have eyes in the aback of your head

beam aggregate that is accident alike aback this is allegedly impossible. 1991 Barbara Anderson Girls High They were all in Miss Royston's chic who said that she had eyes in the aback of her arch and they bisected believed it, because how abroad did she know. Learn more: back, eye, have, head, of

have eyes in the aback of your ˈhead

(informal) assume to be able to see aggregate and apperceive what is activity on: You accept to accept eyes in the aback of your arch to accumulate ascendancy of six active children.Learn more: back, eye, have, head, of

eyes in the aback of one's head, to have

To be awfully alert. This announcement dates from Roman times, actualization in Plautus’s comedy Aulularia (ca. 210 b.c.) and cited by Erasmus in his accumulating of adages. Put hardly differently, it appeared in John Still’s comedy Gammer Gurton’s Needle (ca. 1565): “Take heed of Sim Glovers wife, she hath an eie abaft her!” (2.2). Learn more: back, eye, have, of

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