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have a thin skin

To be easily offended or upset by something that is said. Watch what you say around Uncle Ed—he has such a thin skin and gets angry at the slightest provocation. You can't have a thin skin if you want to be an actress—harsh reviews are all too common.

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chip on one's shoulder, to have a
not give a hang (about something)
not give a hoot
not give a hoot (about something)
not give two pins (about something)
not lay a finger on (someone or something)
not lay a finger on someone
don’t give a rip
(one) doesn't give a rip (about something)

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have gravy on one's grits
have gray hair
have green fingers
have growing pains
have grown whiskers
have had (one's) chips
have had a basinful
have had a basinful (of something)
have had a bellyful
have had a bellyful of somebody/something
have had a few
have had a good innings
have had enough
have had enough of (someone or something)
have had it
have had it with (someone or something)
have had its day
have had its/(one's) day
have had more (something) than (one) has had hot dinners
have had more than (one's) fair share of (something)
have had one too many
have had the biscuit
have had the pleasure
have had the radish
have had the Richard
have had thin skin
have had your chips
have had your day
have had your fill of
have had your fill of somebody/something
have had your fill of something
have had your/its day
have half a mind to (do something)
have half a mind to do something
have half a notion to (do something)
have half a notion to do
have half an ear on (someone or something)
have half an eye on (someone or something)
have hand in
have hand in the till
have hands full
have hands tied
have hanging over head
have head in the clouds
have head up ass
have heard the last of (someone or something)
have heart failure
have heart go out to
have heart in mouth
have heart in the right place
have heart set against
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have had one's fill
have had one's fill of
have had one's fill of something
have had our chips
have had our day
have had our fill
have had our fill of
have had our fill of something
have had some screws loose
have had somebody's chips
have had someone's chips
have had the biscuit
have had the devil to pay
have had the devil's luck
have had the devil's own luck
have had the last laugh
have had the last say
have had the last word
have had the pleasure
have had the radish
have had the Richard
have had the short end of the stick
have had the upper hand
have had their chips
have had their day
have had their fill
have had their fill of
have had their fill of something
have had thick skin
have had thick skull
have had thin skin
have had too many irons in the fire
have had two strikes against
have had two strikes against one
have had your chips
have had your day
have had your fill
have had your fill of
have had your fill of somebody
have had your fill of somebody/something
have had your fill of something
have had your/its day
Have Hair
have half a mind
have half a mind
have half a mind
have half a mind
have half a mind to
have half a mind to (do something)
have half a mind to do
have half a mind to do something
have half a notion to
have half a notion to (do something)
have half a notion to do
have half a notion to do something
have half an ear on
have half an ear on (someone or something)
have half an ear on her
have half an ear on him
have half an ear on it
have half an ear on me
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