Meaning of have the first idea | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To have any knowledge (about something); have a clue.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, first, idea.

Examples

“Do you have⟳ the first idea of the worry⟳ you've caused me?”

“We were meant to get⟳ a replacement teacher but we usually just get⟳ the occasional Part-Timer or maybe a P.E. teacher whose football has been rained off – neither of whom have⟳ the first idea about what they're supposed to be teaching us.”

“Like⟳ you would have⟳ the first idea how to get⟳ to Newark Airport.”

“I think⟳ if you had the first idea how shitty this looks to me, you'd never have⟳ done it in the first place⟳.””

“The best instruments known are also due to the genius of Newton; it was he who had the first idea of adapting mirrors to those which serve⟳ to measure⟳ these distances.”

“I knew that Nabokov had had the first idea for the novel almost four years before his death and that when he still had more than fourteen months to live⟳ Véra had reported that he was “about half way” to completion.”

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