- have time on your hands
- to have more time available than you need
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have time on your hands
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have time on your hands — phrase to have more time available than you need Thesaurus: to find, or to have enough time for somethingsynonym Main entry: hand * * * have time on your ˈhands | have time to ˈkill idiom ( … Useful english dictionary
have time on your hands — have time on (your) hands to have time when you have nothing to do. Now that her children are all at school, she has a lot of time on her hands … New idioms dictionary
time on your hands — time to relax or do what you wish, time to kill If you have time on your hands, read the novel Fifth Business … English idioms
time on your hands — time on (your) hands a period when you have nothing you must do. These kids have too much time on their hands, and they get into trouble. For the traveler with time on his hands, try a boat ride on the river that surrounds the city … New idioms dictionary
have time on hands — have time on (your) hands to have time when you have nothing to do. Now that her children are all at school, she has a lot of time on her hands … New idioms dictionary
have time to kill — have time on your ˈhands | have time to ˈkill idiom (informal) to have nothing to do or not be busy Main entry: ↑timeidiom … Useful english dictionary
have your hands full — have (your) hands full to be so busy that you do not have time to do anything else. It s no use asking Alice for help, she s got her hands full looking after the kids. (often + doing something) Right now I ve got my hands full with preparations… … New idioms dictionary
time — time1 W1S1 [taım] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(minutes/hours etc)¦ 2¦(on a clock)¦ 3¦(occasion)¦ 4¦(point when something happens)¦ 5¦(period of time)¦ 6¦(available time)¦ 7 all the time 8 most of the time 9 half the time 10 at tim … Dictionary of contemporary English
on your hands — used to say that you have something or are responsible for something With all that extra work on her hands she ll need all the help she can get. Once this project is over she should have some time on her hands. [=free time] see also blood on your … Useful english dictionary
have — [ weak əv, həv, strong hæv ] (3rd person singular has [ weak əz, həz, strong hæz ] ; past tense and past participle had [ weak əd, həd, strong hæd ] ) verb *** Have can be used in the following ways: as an auxiliary verb in perfect tenses of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
