have a way with en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, informal) To be skilled, adept, or graceful with or at (something).
[…] The slinger can put a stone through a gnat's eye at forty paces, and the ugly one has a way with horses, but if my queen says that they must die. . .”
2011, George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire), Book Five, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 303:to have a way with words
She has a way with animals, and they seem instinctively to trust her.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| had a way with | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| had a way with | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| has a way with | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| having a way with | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (9)
fi olla taitava jossakin (be skilled) · pl mieć rękę (be skilled) · es ser hábil con / para (be skilled) · cmn 對…… 頗有一手 /对…… 颇有一手 (be skilled) · es tener [una] habilidad con / para (be skilled) · es tener facilidad para tratar con (be skilled) · de ein Händchen haben (für etwas) (be skilled) · fr savoir y faire (be skilled) · pl być za pan brat (be skilled)