as it had been
11been in/through the wars — If a person or thing has been in or through the wars, they show signs of rough treatment, injury or damage. He arrived in a car that looked as though it had been through the wars …
12been to the rodeo — verb Exposed to conmen and hucksters; experienced. Some years ago I was talking to a ten year old boy who had been to the Rodeo. He was a lad whom most casual observers would readily have called tough …
13had — 1. had better. See better 1. 2. had have. This occurs with unreal (or unfulfilled) propositions in the past, constructed either with if (or an equivalent construction) as in the sentence If I had have known, I would have said something or with a… …
14Had I but known — is a form of foreshadowing that hints at some looming disaster in which the first person narrator laments his or her course of action which precipitates some or other unfortunate series of actions. Classically, the narrator never makes explicit… …
15had — [hæd] adjective be had informal to be tricked: • Skilled counterfeiting led stores to sell goods they thought were the real thing, only to find they d been had. * * * had UK US /hæd/ adjective INFORMAL ● be had Cf …
16been — pp. of BE (Cf. be). Dismissive slang phrase been there, done that attested from 1994 (been there had the experience, usually of something disreputable, is from 1880s) …
17been around the block — been around (the block) had experience. I know because I ve worked in lots of programs and I ve been around. He s a former cop who s been around the block and knows what it s all about …
18been around — (the block) had experience. I know because I ve worked in lots of programs and I ve been around. He s a former cop who s been around the block and knows what it s all about …
19had|ron — «HAD ron», noun. any particle of a class of strongly interacting elementary particles that includes the pi meson and all heavier elementary nuclear particles: »Now more than 200 kinds of particles have been observed, mostly of the strong… …
20He is as like his father, as if he had been spit out of his mouth. — См. Вылитый отец …
Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)
