have news for sb
Definition
› used to say that someone is going to be unpleasantly surprised because something will not be as they want it to be: I've got news for him, if he thinks he can carry on living here free of charge.Expressions of surprise
(Definition of have news for sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (really) take the biscuit idiom
- actually adverb (SURPRISE)
- believe verb
- bingo exclamation
- bless my soul! idiom
- blimey exclamation
- by gum! idiom
- deuce noun
- gracious exclamation
- I ask you! idiom
- I declare idiom
- I'll be a monkey's uncle! idiom
- I'll be blowed! idiom
- I'll be jiggered idiom
- omg
- shock, horror! idiom
- speak/talk of the devil idiom
- stone the crows! idiom
- you could have knocked me down/over with a feather idiom
- you don't say! idiom
Topic:
Expressions of surprise
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