have something on good authority
Definition
› to be able to believe a piece of information because you trust the person who told you it: I have it on good authority that she's getting married.Not believing
(Definition of have something on good authority from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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have seen better days idiom
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have shit for brains idiom
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have shot your bolt idiom
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have something going with sb idiom
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have something in mind idiom
- have something on good authority idiom
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have something/nothing to show for sth idiom
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have sth coming out of your ears idiom
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have sth down to a fine art idiom
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have sth going for you idiom
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have sth in hand idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- are my eyes deceiving me? idiom
- as if! idiom
- believe sth when you see it idiom
- believe verb
- credibility noun
- free-floating adjective
- give over! idiom
- heresy noun
- I'll eat my hat idiom
- iconoclastic adjective
- in your dreams! idiom
- pass as/for sth/sb phrasal verb
- pinch verb (PRESS)
- pull the other leg/one (it's got bells on)! idiom
- quarrel with sth phrasal verb
- satisfied adjective (BELIEVING)
- won't hear a word (said) against sb/sth idiom
- worship at the shrine/altar of sth idiom
- yeah, right! idiom
- you must be joking idiom
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