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

have hot pants • wear hot pants
have hot pants —(sl.) be excited with sexual desire: Genaro
smiled and winked at me. “I understand that you’ve got hot
pants for her,” he said.
wear hot pants —(sl.) wear tight fitting shorts: The lineup
also included Charlie’s pretty daughter Wanda, wearing hot
pants, who sang a mixture of songs.
have it • have it in one
have it—
1
. get or find the answer to smth.: “I have it,” said
the student after a long pause. 2. hear or get news: I have it
that the new president will be coming to see us. 3. (Perfect
Tense) is used to say that one cannot tolerate it anymore: Let
them know you have had it with their insufficient perform-
ance.
have it in one —be intelligent; have a natural ability for
smth.: I know well that I have it in me to make my name
famous.
See also: one will have it / one won’t have it.
have it away with someone • have it out with
someone
have it away with someone —(sl.) have sex with a person (also:
have it off with someone): No one would dream of having it
away with his mistress.
Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase have it away on one’s toes—(UK sl.) escape, run away:
Terry too had evaded the guard and in today’s parlance “had
it away on his toes.”
have it out with someone —discuss the matter with smb. in
order to settle a dispute, misunderstanding, etc.: You must
have this out with Emmeline, find how she stands with this
young man and strongly discourage the whole affair.
have it good • have the worst of it
have it good —have enough money; be comfortably off: Mr.
Goss said employers should realise that they had it good in
Queensland compared with other states.
have the worst of it—
1
. suffer the most harm: We had the
worst of it back there across the swamps — working up to our
waists in water. 2. (Sport) be defeated: I would have had the
worst of it in a sprint against Bettini, but I had the nerve
against the other men.