A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

have bowels • have the guts
have bowels —(dated) have compassion or sympathy: I am a
man that can feel for my neighbors. I have bowels — yes I have
bowels.
have the guts —(coll., also: have guts) 
1
. be a tough, coura-
geous type of person: A boy’s got to have guts to make his
way in this rat race of a modern world. 2. be insolent enough
to do smth.: You abandoned her. How could you have the
guts to show your face again?
have egg on one’s chin • have egg on one’s face
have egg on one’s chin —(euph.) used as a caution to a man
having his trouser zip undone: After the game John came up
to the bar with his flies undone. “You have egg on your chin,
John,” said Gus.
have egg on one’s face —(coll.) look foolish; be embarrassed:
Gallacher has had some difficult tasks being in Opposition,
and he has had egg on his face on a number of occasions.
have eyes in the back of one’s head • have one’s
head screwed on backwards
have eyes in the back of one’s head —said of the ability to
know what happens even if one is not looking: I remember
thinking my mom must have eyes in the back of her head
when she would know what I was doing without even turning
around to see.
have one’s head screwed on backwards —lack common sense;
behave in a strange and irrational way: I had my head screwed
on backwards when I was packing my things, so I left all my
Baltimore telephone numbers in my desk in Towson! Cf.: have
one’s head screwed on the right way —(also: have one’s head
screwed on right) be wise and sensible; act in a reasonable way:
The general remark was that Colin had his head screwed on
the right way and that some day he would come out on top.
have fun with someone • make fun of someone
have fun with someone —
1
. enjoy a good time in the company
of others: Ashlyn was a girl who just wanted to have fun with
her friends, play sports, and everything else a girl would do.
2. derive pleasure from ridiculing or taunting a person: They
were about to have some fun with “the old man,” as they gen-
erally called the Captain. 3. (euph.) used with sexual impli-
cation: The communications contained overtures for a meeting
and indications that he wanted to “have fun” with her.
make fun of someone —find smb. amusing; make a person
appear ridiculous: I don’t understand why you’re always mak-
ing fun of me.